tomboyishness
- n masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)
- The retreat from tomboyishness began when she married cauliflower-eared George Zaharias, a 300-lb.
- Her tomboyishness is never rowdy, like that of "Margot" Asquith.
- But she has been directed to substitute screeching tomboyishness for sly sprightliness, and the resulting overaggressiveness is painful to watch, something like seeing the only .