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buckism

noun

Etymology

From buck + -ism.

  1. derived from *būkaz✻
  2. derived from *būk✻
  3. derived from būk
  4. derived from bûk — “belly”
  5. inherited from buk
  6. suffixed as buckism — “buck + ism”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a young buck

    The quality of being a young buck; adventurous high spirits.

    • His mode of dissipating time, and defying the statutes to which he had sworn obedience, was in the true style of university buckism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA