kidlike

English

Etymology

From kid +‎ -like. Compare kidly.

Adjective

kidlike (comparative more kidlike, superlative most kidlike)

1. Resembling kid (the material).
2. (informal) Childlike.
   • 1977, Stephen King, Children of the Corn:

     He suspected they had done the most kidlike thing, regardless of the consequences for them; they had given up and gone home.

3. Resembling or characteristic of a kid (juvenile goat); haedine. (Can we add an example for this sense?)