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childnesses

childnesses is the plural of childness.

Meaning of childness

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...

Questions about childnesses

What is childnesses the plural of?
Childnesses is the plural of childness.

Words near childnesses in the dictionary

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

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