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Definition of Childishness
1. Noun. A property characteristic of a child.
Definition of Childishness
1. n. The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.
Definition of Childishness
1. Noun. The state of being childish. ¹
2. Noun. Childish behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Childishness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Childishness
Literary usage of Childishness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1907)
"... XXI childishness AND CHILDLIKENESS Matthew ... He is speaking, not of a
reversion to childishness, but of the evolution of childlikeness. ..."
2. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"... is what they will think, and that is, as to the effect, precisely the same thing.
It is childishness to suppose, that any nation will act from a desire ..."
3. English Poetry (1170-1892) by John Matthews Manley, Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (1907)
"Then, fatherly not less 30 Than I whom Thou hast moulded from the clay, Thou'lt
leave Thy wrath, and say, "I will be sorry for their childishness. ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1901)
"Cerebral symptoms became manifest at this stage, and included drowsiness,
childishness, nocturnal delirium, ..."
5. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"The second would have been visionary to childishness, by suspending the liberties
of a growing country, on the .self-denial and discretion of every ..."
6. John Bull & Co.: The Great Colonial Branches of the Firm: Canada, Australia by Max O'Rell (1894)
"Hospitality in the Colonies—Different People at Home and Abroad—Extreme Courtesy
of the Australian—childishness —Visit to the Four Everlasting Buildings of ..."
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