childishness

English

Etymology

From Middle English childishnes, childisnes, equivalent to childish +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɪld.ɪʃ.nəs/

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• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːld.ɪʃ.nəs/, /ˈt͡ʃaːld.ɪʃ.nɪs/

Noun

childishness (countable and uncountable, plural childishnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being childish.
2. (countable) Childish behaviour.
   • 1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History: from the foundation of the Christian church to the close of the eighteenth century, page 43:

     Exorcism, unction, the sign of the cross, holy water, infant-communion, and many other childishnesses, were also called "Apostolic institutions" — not at first, but long after they were invented, to conceal their real origin […]

Translations

childishness

• Catalan: criaturada (ca) f
• Estonian: lapsikus (et)
• French: enfantillage (fr) m
• Galician: puerilidade (gl) f, rapazada f
• German: Kinderei f
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹 f (barniskei)
• Hungarian: gyerekesség (hu)
• Middle English: childhode
• Nahuatl: tēlpōchcaconēyōtl (nah)
• Old Norse: bernska f
• Portuguese: criancice (pt) f, puerilidade f, infantilismo m, parvulez f, gurizada f
• Punjabi: ਅਲ੍ਹੜਪੁਣਾ (pa) m (alhṛapuṇā)
• Spanish: puerilidad (es) f, niñería f, chiquillada f, infantilismo m, infantilada f, niñada (es) f, chiquillería f
• Swedish: barnslighet (sv)
• Telugu: పిల్లతనము (pillatanamu)
• Welsh: plentyneiddiwch m

See also

• puerilism
• puerility