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CHILDISH

\t͡ʃˈa͡ɪldɪʃ], \t‍ʃˈa‍ɪldɪʃ], \tʃ_ˈaɪ_l_d_ɪ_ʃ]\

Definitions of CHILDISH

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Puerile; trifling; weak.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Puerile; trifling; weak.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Like a child; also, weak; foolish.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Like a child; puerile; trifling; silly.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Of or like a child; puerile; silly.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Trisling; becoming only children, trivial, puerile.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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