[boy] n, often attrib [ME] (13c) 1: a male servant--sometimes taken to be offensive
2. a: a male child from birth to puberty b: son c: an immature male: youth d: sweetheart, beau 3 a: one native to a given place "local ~" b: fellow, person "the ~s at the office" c--used interjectionally to express intensity of feeling "~, what a game" -- boy.hood n -- boy.ish adj -- boy.ish.ly adv -- boy.ish.ness n