men-children
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In keeping with the vision of a “postmenopausal” Macbeth, they did change a line Macbeth speaks to his wife: “Bring forth men-children only/For thy undaunted mettle should compose/Nothing but male.”
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2021
The forty-year-old actor, who grew up in Virginia, is known for his gallery of overconfident Southern men-children.
From The New Yorker • May 29, 2017
Now, old fans and new can watch it in all its insane glory, and get to experience the same crushing disappointment and bemusement that kids and men-children across the US did in 1978.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2015
Once young Barry gets more involved with the brothers, "you realize it is about these three men-children forming this new dysfunctional family unit."
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2015
Wandering far, sleeping ever in tree tops, in the far-away Summerland, they are sometimes seen of far-walkers, long of tail and long handed, like wizened men-children.
From Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Judson, Katharine Berry
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