boyhood

[boi-hood]

noun

1. the state or period of being a boy.

   Boyhood is a happy time of life.

2. boys collectively.

   the boyhood of America.

boyhood

/ ˈbɔɪhʊd /

noun

1. the state or time of being a boy

   his boyhood was happy

Other Word Forms

• preboyhood noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of boyhood¹

First recorded in 1735–45; boy + -hood

Example Sentences

What a day it turned out to be for boyhood Arsenal fan Eze.

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Like that earlier work, “The Thanksgiving Visitor” is also drawn from Capote’s boyhood within a clan of eccentric relatives that included an older cousin and mother figure known as Sook.

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Liverpool have to click sooner or later, and if their attack gets going here then they could overpower my boyhood club.

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A boyhood fan of Manchester City, he progressed through City's age groups after signing with the academy aged eight - and insiders say the potential he displayed always made him destined for the first team.

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Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers with boyhood friend Jude Bellingham after England's 2-0 win against Serbia in the World Cup qualifier at Wembley.

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• adolescence