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bairnish

adj

Etymology

From Middle English *bernis, *barnisch, from Old English *bearnisċ and Old Norse bernskr (“childish”), from Proto-Germanic *barniskaz (“childish”), equivalent to bairn + -ish. Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (barnisks, “childish”).

  1. inherited from *barniskaz✻ — “childish”
  2. derived from bernskr — “childish”
  3. inherited from *bearnisċ✻
  4. inherited from *bernis✻

Definitions

  1. Having the manners of a child

    Having the manners of a child; childish; silly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bairnish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA