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

But now that veneer is gone, and what remains is a callow man-child at odds with himself.

From The Daily Beast

Coming in at 1,496,070 likes, the most popular Instagram of the year belongs to that rambunctious singing man-child Justin Bieber.

From The Daily Beast

Stupples plays Pete as an absurdly obtuse man-child who reads as David Brent without the mean streak.

From The Daily Beast

Interestingly, actual man-child Justin Bieber was cover kryptonite.

From The Daily Beast

This not only makes you look like a louse, it makes you look like a helpless, bed-wetting man-child.

From The Daily Beast

Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.

From Project Gutenberg

Cursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father, saying: A man child is born to thee: and made him greatly rejoice.

From Project Gutenberg

Surely a spoiled old man-child like the crouching figure yonder would exhaust the forbearance of Jizo Sama himself!

From Project Gutenberg

It was the high-keyed wailing of this same man-child wanting his bottle, but it eluded Bud completely.

From Project Gutenberg

I think Samuel would have cursed the day in which it was said a man-child was born, and America was free!

From Project Gutenberg