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childness

childness noun: the manner that is characteristic of a child; the quality of being childlike, especially those aspects of childhood that are positive, such as innocence, playfulness, trust, and openness.

Noun

childness (usually uncountable, plural childnesses)

  1. (usually) The manner that is characteristic of a child; the quality of being childlike, especially those aspects of childhood that are positive, such as innocence, playfulness, trust, and openness.
    • He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me Thoughts that would thick my blood.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    • She so bewitched the whole princely race that six different princes, although each was married to a young wife, remained childless.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 93

childness meaning in Tamil

childness in Tamil

சிறுபிள்ளைத்தனம்

Forms of childness

pluralchildnesses

Origin of childness

From child + -ness.

Questions about childness

What does childness mean?
Childness means the manner that is characteristic of a child; the quality of being childlike, especially those aspects of childhood that are positive, such as innocence, playfulness, trust, and openness.
What is childness in Tamil?
Childness in Tamil is சிறுபிள்ளைத்தனம். See Childness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is childness?
Childness is a noun.
What is the plural of childness?
The plural of childness is childnesses.

Words near childness in the dictionary

  1. childminded
  2. childminder
  3. childminders
  4. childminding
  5. childminds
  6. childness
  7. childnesses
  8. childproof
  9. childproofed
  10. childproofer
  11. childproofers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: childness (page history and authors); childness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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