Meaning of CHILDISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'chIldish
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| | Definition: | | [adj] indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums"; "infantile behavior" |
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| | Synonyms: | | immature, infantile |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Child"ish\, a.
1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.
``Childish innocence.'' --Macaulay.
2. Puerile; trifling; weak.
Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is
rather childish than innocent. --Addison.
Note: Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in
a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper.
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| | Related Terms: | | arrested, asinine, babish, babyish, backward, beardless, boyish, boylike, calflike, childlike, coltish, decrepit, doddering, doddery, doited, doting, fatuous, foolish, girlish, girllike, immature, inexperienced, infantile, infantine, juvenile, kiddish, maiden, maidenly, moronic, naive, puerile, puplike, puppyish, puppylike, retarded, senile, silly, simple, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unsophisticated, wanting |
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