Childish \Child"ish\ (ch[imac]ld"[i^]sh), a.
1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.
"Childish innocence." --Macaulay.
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2. Puerile; trifling; weak.
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Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is
rather childish than innocent. --Addison.
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Note: Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in
a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
childish
adj : indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums";
"infantile behavior" [syn: infantile]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "childish":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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