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kidlike

kidlike adjective: resembling kid (the material).

Adjective

kidlike (comparative more kidlike, superlative most kidlike)

  1. Resembling kid (the material).
  2. (informal) Childlike.
    • He suspected they had done the most kidlike thing, regardless of the consequences for them; they had given up and gone home.1977, Stephen King, Children of the Corn
  3. Resembling or characteristic of a kid (juvenile goat); haedine.

Forms of kidlike

comparativemore kidlike
superlativemost kidlike

Origin of kidlike

From kid + -like. Compare kidly.

Questions about kidlike

What does kidlike mean?
Kidlike means resembling kid (the material).
What part of speech is kidlike?
Kidlike is an adjective.

Words near kidlike in the dictionary

  1. kidkind
  2. kidless
  3. kidlessness
  4. kidlet
  5. kidlets
  6. kidlike
  7. kidling
  8. kidlings
  9. Kidlington
  10. kidlit
  11. kidly

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