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childishnesses

childishnesses is the plural of childishness.

Meaning of childishness

Noun

childishness (countable and uncountable, plural childishnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being childish.
  2. (countable) Childish behaviour.
    • Exorcism, unction, the sign of the cross, holy water, infant-communion, and many other childishnesses, were also called "Apostolic institutions" — not at first, but long after they were invented, to conceal their real origin […]1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History: from the foundation of the Christian church to the close of the eighteenth century, page 43

Questions about childishnesses

What is childishnesses the plural of?
Childishnesses is the plural of childishness.

Words near childishnesses in the dictionary

  1. childification
  2. childing
  3. childish
  4. childishly
  5. childishness
  6. childishnesses
  7. childism
  8. childisms
  9. childkind
  10. childless
  11. childlessly

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