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Definition of Kittenish
1. Adjective. Playful like a lively kitten.
Definition of Kittenish
1. a. Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.
Definition of Kittenish
1. Adjective. Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten. ¹
2. Adjective. playful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kittenish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kittenish
Literary usage of Kittenish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woman--through a Man's Eyeglass by Malcolm Charles Salaman (1892)
"And what annoys me is that the majority of sycophantic guests actually encourage
Miss kittenish in these suburban atrocities, pretending they are amused, ..."
2. The New Republic Book: Selections from the First-hundred Issues (1916)
"They call this Feather River," remarks the perennially kittenish lady in blue
... The stout lady reflects, the kittenish lady smiles, the spare lady from ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1872)
"... and sometimes an unexpected windfall of that—to be as princes among a good-natured
people, even though you have to put up with their kittenish nature ..."
4. Plays and Players: Leaves from a Critic's Scrapbook by Walter Prichard Eaton (1916)
"She still has the charm of youth, too, and she can be as kittenish as the youngest
of them. But she can top them all when it comes to real impersonation. ..."
5. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"kittenish, kitten-like. Such a kittenish disposition in her I called it ; for it
is not so much the love of power that predominates in her mind, ..."
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