toyish
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Etymology edit
Adjective edit
toyish (comparative more toyish, superlative most toyish)
- (dated) Sportive; trifling; wanton.
- 1822, John Lightfoot, John Rogers Pitman, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Lightfoot, page 308:
- A toyish wanton, when he comes to die, then he looks in his right hand; and what finds he there? Nothing but a lie.
- Resembling or characteristic of a toy.
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References edit
- “toyish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.