释义 |
childness rare.|ˈtʃaɪldnɪs| [f. child n. + -ness.] †a. Childish humour, childishness (obs.). b. Child quality, being a child (cf. breadness).
1611Shakes. Wint. T. i. ii. 170 He..with his varying child-nesse, cures in me Thoughts, that would thick my blood. 1856Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 289 Aren't you a spoiled child, without the childness. 1866G. Macdonald Unspoken Serm. i. (1884) 12 Childlike enough to embrace a child for the sake of his childness. |