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childish

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishchildisch, fromOld Englishċildisċ. Bysurface analysis,child +‎ish.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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childish (comparativemorechildish,superlativemostchildish)

  1. Immature in thought or behaviour.
    Yourchildish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.
  2. Suitable for or expected of achild.
    This game is verychildish.
    • 1824, Susan Ferrier,The Inheritance, page130:
      She remembered, too, when, after a longchildish illness, her father had carried her in his arms to the garden,[]
    • 1849 May –1850 November,Charles Dickens,The Personal History of David Copperfield, London:Bradbury & Evans, [], published1850,→OCLC:
      As I walked to and fro daily between Southwark and Blackfriars, and lounged about at meal-times in obscure streets, the stones of which may, for anything I know, be worn at this moment by mychildish feet, I wonder how many of these people were wanting in the crowd that used to come filing before me in review again, to the echo of Captain Hopkins’s voice!

Usage notes

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Typically, the word is not used to describe children, as childish behavior is expected of them. Instead, it applies to older people perceived as acting in an immature or childlike manner.

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Translations

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behaving immaturely
belonging to or suitable for a child
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