childishness

childishness

English

Etymology

childish +‎ -ness

Noun

childishness (countable and uncountable, plural childishnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being childish.
2. (countable) Childish behaviour.
   • 1868, John Mockett Cramp, Baptist History: from the foundation of the Christian church to the close of the eighteenth century, page 43:

     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 […]

Translations

childishness

Estonian: lapsikus (et) French: enfantillage (fr) m Galician: puerilidade (gl) f German: Kinderei f Hungarian: gyerekesség

Nahuatl: tēlpōchcaconēyōtl (nah) Portuguese: criancice f, puerilidade f Spanish: puerilidad f, niñería f, chiquillada f Swedish: barnslighet (sv)

See also

• puerilism
• puerility