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English
Etymology
toy + -ish
Adjective
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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