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TOMBOYISHNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)
Synonyms:
hoydenism; tomboyishness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tomboyishness" is a kind of...):
masculinity (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men)
Derivation:
tomboyish (used of girls; wild and boisterous)