mannishness

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  1. boyishness
  2. maleness
Noun
  • To embody Fred Astaire is to have a certain boyishness, sure, but that crazy dancer was a man, through and through.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • But their patience dwindles, her son Telemachus (Tom Holland, his eternal boyishness put to great use) is getting easier to goad into a fight, and the blind swineherd Eumaeus (John Leguizamo) is all that’s left of the king’s loyal servants.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
Definition of boyishness
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  • Public speech was a—if not the—defining attribute of maleness.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • The men handling their maleness was interesting.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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