Home › Words › B › buckismbuckismbuckism means the quality of being a young buck; adventurous high spirits.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, buckism ranks #9,301 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom buck + -ism.nounThe quality of being a young buck; adventurous high spirits.e.g.“His mode of dissipating time, and defying the statutes to which he had sworn obedience, was in the true style of university buckism.” — 1811, The Scourge; or Monthly expositor, of imposture and folly, page 91:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.buckishness 82% match — The quality of being buckish. vs buckism →buckishly 71% match — In a buckish manner. vs buckism →bucksome 71% match — Marked by bucking or bucking up; (by extension) lively; brisk; jocund. vs buckism →buckish 62% match — Like a male goat; foul-smelling or lascivious. vs buckism →spunkiness 61% match — The quality of being spunky. vs buckism →bucko 60% match — A boastful or bullying man. vs buckism →buckeen 59% match — a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy. vs buckism →boppishness 59% match — The quality of being boppish. vs buckism →