English
Adjective
en-adj
- Of, like, or suitable for a child; meek; submissive.
- innocent|Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
- Of, or like a baby; infantile.
Quotations
1859: w:Henry Barnard|Henry Barnard, Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism
1894: w:Gotthold Ephraim Lessing|Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Lessings Nathan Der Weise
Related terms
child
childish
childishly
childlishness
childlikeness
childly
References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913
fa:childlike
io:childlike
ja:childlike
te:childlike
vi:childlike
zh:childlike
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