childish en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Old English ċild Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Old English ċildisċ Middle English childisch English childish From Middle English childisch, from Old English ċildisċ. By surface analysis, child + -ish.
Meanings
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Immature in thought or behaviour.
Other instances of primitive thought are the childish belief that science in the future will be able 'objectively' to predict the date of social revolutions in the light of technological development, or the 'scientific law' that people write books, or baseless fantasies on the origin of religion, etc.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61:Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.
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Suitable for or expected of a child.
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 my childish 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!
1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:This game is very childish.
She remembered, too, when, after a long childish illness, her father had carried her in his arms to the garden, […]
1824, Susan Ferrier, The Inheritance, page 130:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more childish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most childish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
adult (antonym(s) of “belonging to or suitable for a child”) · mature (antonym(s) of “immature”) · adultlike (antonym(s) of “belonging to or suitable for a child”) · adultish (antonym(s) of “immature”)
Deriveds
childishly · childishness · unchildish · overchildish
Hypernyms
unsuitable · young · childlike
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
infantile (immature) · child · childly (belonging to or suitable for a child) · puerile · kiddish · infantine · babish · unbecoming · dootsie · babyish · lactifluous · hissy · childish · milky · immature · juvenile · silly · bairnish
Translations (128)
lt vaikiškas (belonging to or suitable for a child) · it bambinesco (immature, unbecoming) · pt infantil (belonging to or suitable for a child) · de kindlich (belonging to or suitable for a child) · fr gamin (immature, unbecoming) · pl dziecięcy (belonging to or suitable for a child) · bg инфантилен (immature, unbecoming) · it puerile (immature, unbecoming) · el παιδιάστικος (immature, unbecoming) · fi lapsenomainen (belonging to or suitable for a child) · io pueratra (immature, unbecoming) · ga leanbaí (immature, unbecoming) · ab хәыҷҵа́с (immature, unbecoming) · he ילדותי (belonging to or suitable for a child) · tr çocuğumsu (immature, unbecoming) · ja 子供っぽい (immature, unbecoming) · ga páistiúil (immature, unbecoming) · got 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (belonging to or suitable for a child) · fr puéril (belonging to or suitable for a child) · es niñato (immature, unbecoming) · ro imatur (immature, unbecoming) · is barnalegur (immature, unbecoming) · nb barnslig (immature, unbecoming) · ar طُفُولِيّ (immature, unbecoming) · it infantile (immature, unbecoming) · uk дитя́чий (immature, unbecoming) · az uşaqyana (immature, unbecoming) · la puerīlis (belonging to or suitable for a child) · ja 幼稚 (immature, unbecoming) · de kindgerecht (belonging to or suitable for a child) · xag 𐕘𐔰𐕙𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎𐕒𐕡𐕎 (immature, unbecoming) · ru де́тский (belonging to or suitable for a child) · ml ബാലിശമായ (immature, unbecoming) · mk детински (immature, unbecoming) · he ילדותי (immature, unbecoming) · ar طُفُولِيّ (belonging to or suitable for a child) · fr puéril (immature, unbecoming) · fa بچهگانه (immature, unbecoming) · es infantil (belonging to or suitable for a child) · el παιδαριώδης (immature, unbecoming) · lt vaikiškas (immature, unbecoming) · sv pueril (immature, unbecoming) · be інфанты́льны (immature, unbecoming) · es infantiloide (immature, unbecoming) · hu gyerekes (belonging to or suitable for a child) · is barnslegur (belonging to or suitable for a child) · ga páistiúil (belonging to or suitable for a child) · sv barnslig (belonging to or suitable for a child) · sl otróčji (immature, unbecoming) · de kindisch (immature, unbecoming) · bg детински (immature, unbecoming) · et lapsik (immature, unbecoming) · non bernskligr (immature, unbecoming) · fi lapsi- (belonging to or suitable for a child) · ro pueril (immature, unbecoming) · ro copilăros (immature, unbecoming) · hy մանկական (belonging to or suitable for a child) · ro infantil (immature, unbecoming) · ang ċildisċ (immature, unbecoming) · enm childisch (belonging to or suitable for a child) · an pueril (immature, unbecoming) · bg детски (belonging to or suitable for a child) · ja 子供じみた (immature, unbecoming) · ru де́тский (immature, unbecoming) · cmn 孩子氣 /孩子气 (immature, unbecoming) · eo infana (belonging to or suitable for a child) · lb kannereg (belonging to or suitable for a child) · enm childisch (immature, unbecoming) · fi lapsellinen (immature, unbecoming) · sv barnslig (immature, unbecoming) · tl isip-bata (immature, unbecoming) · ja 子供向き (belonging to or suitable for a child) · io puerala (immature, unbecoming) · uk інфанти́льний (immature, unbecoming) · cy plentynnaidd (immature, unbecoming) · mk детинест (immature, unbecoming) · hy տհաս (immature, unbecoming) · mk детски (belonging to or suitable for a child) · be дзіця́чы (belonging to or suitable for a child) · eo infanaĵa (immature, unbecoming) · an infantil (immature, unbecoming) · km ង៉ែត (immature, unbecoming) · be дзіця́чы (immature, unbecoming) · nl kinderachtig (immature, unbecoming) · uk дитиня́чий (immature, unbecoming) · pt infantil (immature, unbecoming) · fa بچهگانه (belonging to or suitable for a child) · pl infantylny (immature, unbecoming) · fr enfantin (belonging to or suitable for a child) · es aniñado (immature, unbecoming) · es infantil (immature, unbecoming) · non bernskr (immature, unbecoming) · ang ċildisċ (belonging to or suitable for a child) · mi ngākau pāpaku (immature, unbecoming) · bg бебешки (belonging to or suitable for a child) · tg кӯдакона (immature, unbecoming) · hy երեխայական (immature, unbecoming) · id kekanak-kanakan (immature, unbecoming) · tr çocuksu (immature, unbecoming) · ru инфанти́льный (immature, unbecoming) · el παιδικός (belonging to or suitable for a child) · es para niños (belonging to or suitable for a child) · an infantil (belonging to or suitable for a child) · hu gyerek- (belonging to or suitable for a child) · nl kinderlijk (belonging to or suitable for a child) · hy մանկական (immature, unbecoming) · tsg laas sayng (immature, unbecoming) · cmn 幼稚 (immature, unbecoming) · jam fi pickney (belonging to or suitable for a child) · nl infantiel (immature, unbecoming) · cs dětinský (immature, unbecoming) · nn barnsleg (immature, unbecoming) · tg бачагона (immature, unbecoming) · ru ребя́ческий (immature, unbecoming) · uk дитя́чий (belonging to or suitable for a child) · mnc ᠵᡠᠰᡝᡴᡳ (immature, unbecoming) · ab ахәыҷы́ еиԥш (immature, unbecoming) · ceb bataot (immature, unbecoming) · io puerala (belonging to or suitable for a child) · es pueril (immature, unbecoming) · pt imaturo (immature, unbecoming) · ru ребя́ческий (belonging to or suitable for a child) · dsb źiśecy (immature, unbecoming) · ml ബാലിശ (immature, unbecoming) · hu gyerekes (immature, unbecoming) · la puerīlis (immature, unbecoming) · grc παιδικός (belonging to or suitable for a child) · pl dziecinny (immature, unbecoming)