buckism

English

Etymology

From buck +‎ -ism.

Noun

buckism (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The quality of being a young buck; adventurous high spirits.
    • 1811, The Scourge; or Monthly expositor, of imposture and folly, page 91:
      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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