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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Childish \Child"ish\, a.
1. Of pertaining to befitting, or resembling, a child.
``Childish innocence.'' --Macaulay.
2. Puerile; trifling; weak.
Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is
rather childish than innocent. --Addison.
Note: Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up is in
a disparaging sense as a childish temper.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
childish
adj : indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums";
"infantile behavior" [syn: {infantile}]
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