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Answer for the clue "Being characteristic of a boy ", 10 letters:
boyishness

Word definitions for boyishness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boyishness \Boy"ish*ness\, n. The manners or behavior of a boy.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. being characteristic of a boy

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being boyish.

Usage examples of boyishness.

This boyishness, Charles thinks, is faintly ghoulish, as if the application of aftershave and lotions Clem is always scented has acted like formaldehyde.

For a moment, facing what might be her doom, Vara was smitten by this paradoxical combination of bull strength and attractive boyishness.

Saxon, pleasuring in the boyishness of his sunburned face, was reminded of the boyishness of Mark Hall and his Carmel crowd.

He leaned over toward Brokaw, and the boyishness had gone from his face.

To disguise his boyishness, Brian Keyes had today chosen a brown suit with a finely striped Cardin tie.