Masculine vs Boofy - What's the difference?
masculine | boofy |
Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
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Belonging to males; typically used by males.
Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
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(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
# (of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
# (of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.
(grammar) The masculine gender.
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(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.
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That which is masculine.
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A man.
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(Australia, colloquial) Of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.
* 2004 , Margaret Simons, Latham's World: The New Politics of the Outsiders ,
* 2005 , John Harms, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story ,
* 2010 , James Dack, Stephen Dack, Larry Writer, Sunshine and Shadow: A Brothers' Story ,
(en) (Australia, colloquial) Brawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.
* 2006 , Judy Hardy-Holden, Love in the Afternoon ,
* 2011 , Dave Graney, 1001 Australian Nights: A Memoir ,
* 2011 , John Sullivan, Firebug ,
As adjectives the difference between masculine and boofy
is that masculine is of or pertaining to the male gender; manly while boofy is (australia|colloquial) of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant or boofy can be (australia|colloquial) brawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.As a noun masculine
is (grammar) the masculine gender.masculine
English
(wikipedia masculine)Alternative forms
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(en adjective)- Thy masculine children, that is to say, thy sons.
- “John”, “Paul” and “Jake” are masculine names.
- That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
- a masculine church.
- The noun ''Student'' is masculine in German.
- German uses the masculine of the definite article, ''der'', with ''Student''.
Synonyms
* (of the male sex) male * (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender) manly, virileAntonyms
* (of the male sex) female, womanly * (having qualities stereotypical of the male gender) emasculated, unmanly, epicene and effeminate * (grammar) feminine, neuterDerived terms
* masculinely * masculineness * masculinity * masculinization * demasculinization * emasculateNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * ----boofy
English
Etymology 1
From bouffant.Adjective
(er)- My hair was so boofy this morning it took 10 minutes of brushing to get it looking decent.
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- He appeared in person much as he did on television – big, boofy even when well groomed – like a version of Ginger Meggs grown up and gone into politics.
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- Steve trotted onto the field: a young footballer with a boofy , 1980s haircut.
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- I'm smiling, my tie is askew, and I'm sporting a boofy big hairdo, like all the other kids in my class.
Etymology 2
Possibly from or influenced by boofhead.(en)
Adjective
(er)- Dave, the big boofy''' builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big '''boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.
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- My friend Sharn has a friend in her late 50s who is very keen to maintain sexual relations with her husband, a big boofy bloke, a mechanic by trade.
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- Suddenly the carriage was full of boofy schoolboys all excitedly chesting and punching each other and stretching their limbs as they tried to sit still.
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- She likes Doug Wright, believes behind the hard facade lives a warm, boofy bloke not unlike her Dave.