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childlikeness

childlikeness noun: the state or quality of being childlike.

Noun

childlikeness (usually uncountable, plural childlikenesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being childlike.
    • How old was Isabel? According to all reasonable inferences from the presumed circumstances of her life, she was his elder, certainly, though by uncertain years; yet her whole aspect was that of more than childlikeness; […]1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Forms of childlikeness

pluralchildlikenesses

Origin of childlikeness

From childlike + -ness.

Questions about childlikeness

What does childlikeness mean?
Childlikeness means the state or quality of being childlike.
What part of speech is childlikeness?
Childlikeness is a noun.
What is the plural of childlikeness?
The plural of childlikeness is childlikenesses.

Words near childlikeness in the dictionary

  1. childkind
  2. childless
  3. childlessly
  4. childlessness
  5. childlike
  6. childlikeness
  7. childlikenesses
  8. childline
  9. childlines
  10. childliness
  11. childling

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