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bairnlike

adj

Etymology

From bairn (“child; baby”) + -like.

  1. derived from *barną✻
  2. derived from *barn✻
  3. derived from bearn
  4. derived from bern
  5. borrowed from bairn
  6. suffixed as bairnlike — “bairn + like”

Definitions

  1. Like a bairn

    Like a bairn; childlike.

    • […] and then it was a pleasure to me — yes, a pleasure, Mr. Lowrie, to spend a' my spare time by his bedside, and listen to his bairnlike thoughts about Divine things.
    • She offered him sixpence for a letter, any letter he liked, but of course he refused it. Then she prigged with him just to let her hold one in her hands, for said she, bairnlike, “I used to get one every day.”
    • His green eyes sparkled with an exuberance that looked almost bairnlike.

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