boyhood

From boy +‎ -hood.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/

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boyhood (countable and uncountable, plural boyhoods)

1. The state or period of being a boy.
   • 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:

     And boyhood is a summer sun
     Whose waning is the dreariest one —
     For all we live to know is known
     And all we seek to keep hath flown — […]