Definition of Kittenishness

1. Noun. The state or condition of being kittenish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kittenishness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kittenishness

kitted
kitted out
kitteh
kittehs
kittel
kittels
kitten
kitten-tails
kitten heel
kitten heels
kittened
kittenhood
kittening
kittenish
kittenishly
kittenishness (current term)
kittenishnesses
kittenlike
kittens
kitteny
kittereen
kittie
kitties
kitting
kitting out
kittiwake
kittiwakes
kittle
kittled
kittler

Literary usage of Kittenishness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (1922)
"He himself felt a certain kittenishness sporting within him; but it was, like all his emotions, rather a theoretical feeling; ..."

2. Westward Hoboes by Winifred Hawkridge Dixon (1921)
"He never looked back at us, nor showed any of the kittenishness common to the male at such moments, but every five minutes issued a solitary sentence, ..."

3. The British in Iowa by Jacob Van der Zee, State Historical Society of Iowa (1922)
"who, after relating his adventures as a duck- hunter, dashed "with refreshing kittenishness into the great hired-girl problem" and made "some surprising ..."

4. Today's Short Stories Analyzed: An Informal Encyclopedia of Short Story Art by Robert Wilson Neal (1918)
"Miss Pamela Duddy sidled into the elbow of the piano with a most attractive kittenishness and waited for the prelude to be done. This required some time, ..."

5. Peck's Sunshine: Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun by George Wilbur Peck (1882)
"... occasion calls for kittenishness. Gazing into the crystal waters of Rock River, it occurred to him that he would take a bath, so he disrobed himself, ..."

6. A Book of Prefaces by Henry Louis Mencken (1917)
"William Dean Howells, despite a certain jauntiness and even kittenishness of manner, is spiritually of that company. For all his phosphorescent heresies, ..."

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