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.