Definition for CHILD'ISH

CHILD'ISH, a.

  1. Belonging to a child; trifling; puerile. When I became a man, I put away childish things. – 1 Cor. xiii.
  2. Pertaining to a child; as, childish years or age; childish sports.
  3. Pertaining to children; ignorant; silly; weak; as, childish fear.

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