childish

adj
/ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English childisch, from Old English ċildisċ. By surface analysis, child + -ish.

  1. inherited from ċildisċ
  2. inherited from childissh

Definitions

  1. Immature in thought or behaviour.

    • Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.
  2. Suitable for or expected of a child.

    • This game is very childish.
    • She remembered, too, when, after a long childish illness, her father had carried her in his arms to the garden, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for childish. 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