man-child
Noun
Meaning
a child who is male
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man child
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Bring me your children hither. ... Unto this twain, man-child and womanchild, I give the passion of this element; This seed of longing, substance of this love; This power, this purity, this annihilation. Let their hands light the altar of the world. 'T is yours forever. I have brought it home!
No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.
“Batman is not some wounded boy, some man-child who can’t get over his parents’ death.
Despite his enormous powers, Schwartz’s Sonic comes off as a charming and unthreatening man-child.
He is a damaged, impulsive man-child whose pathologies distill many of the worst pathologies of the nation that (more or less) elected him.
The man-child doesn't believe in anything that puts him in a bad light.