Lexicon: childish – chintz

a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |

1234567891011121314151617181920
2122232425262728293031323334353637383940
4142434445464748495051525354555657585960
6162636465666768697071727374757677787980
818283848586

childish, adj. [OE cildisc < cild; see child.] (webplay: bearing, country, first, fear, God, speak, strong).

Belonging to a child; resembling a child: humble; innocent; naive; pure; trusting; young.

chill (-ed, -iest, -y), adj. [see chill, n.] (webplay: day, stops, warm).

  1. Cold; cool; frozen; shivering.
  2. Cool; distant; formal; not warm, animated or affectionate.

chill, n. [OE ciele, cold, coldness.] (webplay: air, cold, day, earth, evening, formal, freeze, gayety, growth, life, warm).

  1. Shiver; frozenness; shivering from cold; sensation of cold; cold fit that comes with a fever. (P 341, 519, 1516, 1526v, 1649)
  2. Shiver; thrill of excitement. (P 1593)

Chimborazo, proper n. [Quechua chimpa, opposite shore + Peruvian rasu, snow.]

Volcano; snow-capped mountain in Ecuador; one of the highest peaks of the Andes; point farthest from the earth's center; [fig.] challenge; obstacle; adventure; [historical] Civil War hospital in Richmond, Virginia.

chime, v. [ME chimbe < L. cymbalum, cymbal.] (webplay: strike).

Produce a musical sound from a bell by striking it; strike so that a musical sound is given forth.

chimney, n. [ME < OFr cheminée, fireplace, chimney < late L. caminus, furnace, forge, oven.] (webplay: corner, smoke).

Body of brick or stone erected in a building to convey smoke; passage or flue by which the smoke from a fire or furnace ascends and escapes.

chimney-corner, n. [see chimney and corner, n.]

The corner or side of an open fireplace or hearth; the fireside or the seat on each end of the firegrate, as in fireplaces of olden times.

chin, n. [OE cin, corresponding to OS kinni, chin, jaw.] (webplay: below, cheek, face.).

The lower part of the face, below the mouth and the cheek.

chink, n. [Corresponds to mod.Du. and EFris. kinken; a word imitating the sound expressed.]

Short, sharp sound produced by pieces of metal or glass striking one another; sound of money dropping.

chintz, n. [Hindi chīnt < Skr. chitra, variegated.]

Cotton cloth printed with designs of flowers, etc. in a number of colors.