childishness

childishness
A mark of senility; a mature person acting in the manner of a child.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • Childishness — Child ish*ness, n. The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • childishness — index puerility Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • childishness — childish ► ADJECTIVE 1) of, like, or appropriate to a child. 2) silly and immature. DERIVATIVES childishly adverb childishness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • childishness — noun see childish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • childishness — See childishly. * * * …   Universalium

  • childishness — noun a) The state of being childish. b) Childish behaviour …   Wiktionary

  • childishness — Synonyms and related words: anility, babyishness, boylikeness, caducity, callowness, childlikeness, decline, dotage, dotardism, girlishness, immaturity, imprudence, inadvisability, inattention, inconsideration, indiscreetness, indiscretion,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • childishness — child·ish·ness || tʃaɪldɪʃnɪs n. childish behavior, immaturity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • childishness — child·ish·ness …   English syllables

  • childishness — See: childish …   English dictionary

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