man-child

or man·child

[ man-chahyld ]

noun

, plural men-chil·dren.

1. a male child; boy; son.

Word History and Origins

Origin of man-child¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Whether in the interview scenes or in the flashbacks, his hushed intensity suggests a fractured man-child who was never properly socialized.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump is such a comprehensively whiny, needy and malicious man-child that most Americans may feel they’ve been locked up with a wildly misbehaving toddler for nearly a decade now.

From Salon

So many fit the man-child: “light of brain,” “clod of wayward marl,” “bolting-hutch of beastliness,” but specifically to his inability to speak the truth there’s the perfect “infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise-breaker.”

From Salon

Playing the disconnected man-child still married to a woman who preyed upon him as a seventh-grader, Melton tinged his character’s agony with a heartbreaking sadness that lingered long after the film ended.

From Los Angeles Times

We can apply the diagnosis of TDS to the man-child himself or his followers, but not those of us over here in the reality-based community.

From Salon