different between manly vs tomboy

English

Etymology

From Middle English manly, manli, manlich, from Old English *manl??, *mannl?? (suggested by adverb manl??e, mannl??e (“in a manly way; stately”)), from Proto-Germanic *mannl?kaz (“manly”), equivalent to man +? -ly. Cognate with Old High German manl?h (“manly”) (German männlich), Dutch mannelijk, Old Norse mannligr (“human”) (Danish mandlig, Swedish manlig).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mænli/

Adjective

manly (comparative manlier, superlative manliest)

1. Having the characteristics of a man.
2. Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.
   • Serene and manly, harden'd to sustain / The load of life.

   • 2001, Thomas W. Smith, Revaluing Ethics: Aristotle's Dialectical Pedagogy (page 86)

     Without a successful defense of one's city, none of the other virtues would be possible; manly courage seems to be a precondition for anything else worth achieving in life.

Antonyms

• womanly

Derived terms

• manliness

Translations

Anagrams

• Lyman, Lynam

English

Alternative forms

• tom boy

Etymology

First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”; from tom +? boy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?m.b??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?m.b??/

Noun

tomboy (plural tomboys)

1. A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

   Synonyms: hoyden, ladette, romp

   Antonym: (with regards to behaviour) girly girl

   Antonym: (with regards to gender) macho man

   Antonym: (with regards to gender and behaviour) femboy

2. (Philippines, colloquial) A lesbian.

Translations

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: tomboy
• ? Tagalog: tomboy

See also

• tomgirl

Further reading

• tomboy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomboy.

Noun

tomboy

1. a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner
2. a lesbian

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomboy.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomboy.

Noun

tomboy

1. (colloquial) a boyish girl
   • 1973, Liwayway

     Si Trudy, gaya ng palayaw sa kanya, ay isang tomboy. Sa kanilang lugar, walang batang lalaking nakadaig sa kanya sa ano mang uri ng sports.

     Trudy, like her nickname, is a tomboy. In their neighborhood, the boys cannot even beat her in any sports.

   • 1968, Dionisio S. Salazar, Pitong dula

     Sa suot niyang " kamisadentrong panlalaki at "pedal-pusher" na maong ay wala siyang iniwan sa isang "tomboy". (Palinga-linga silang dalawa na tila may hinahanap. Pagtapat sa may puno ng adelpa ay titigil sila.)

     He did not leave the undershirt and "pedal-pusher" jeans to a tomboy (They are looking to the left and right like they are finding something. They will stop when they face the oleander tree.)

2. (colloquial) a lesbian

Synonyms

• (a lesbian): tibo