Etymology

From un- +‎ boyCategory:English terms prefixed with un- (reversive)#BOY.

Verb

unboy (third-person singular simple present unboys, present participle unboying, simple past and past participle unboyed)Category:English lemmas#UNBOYCategory:English verbs#UNBOYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#UNBOYCategory:Pages with entries#UNBOYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#UNBOY

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#UNBOY) To divest of the traits of a boy.
   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:

     it was now time to unboy him, by putting him into some action and acquaintance of business

     Category:English terms with quotations#UNBOY

References

• “unboy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.