childishnessn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃʌɪldᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈtʃaɪldᵻʃnᵻs/

Forms: see childish adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: childish adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < childish adj. + -ness suffix.

1. Quality or conduct typical of or appropriate to a child.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > [noun] > quality of

childhoodlOE

childheada1325

childishness1526

childlikeness1744

bread-and-butterishness1843

childlinessa1846

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xiii. 11 I put awaye all childesshnes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 158 Speake thou Boy, Perhaps thy childishnesse will moue him more Then can our Reasons.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 45. ¶7 This pretty Childishness of Behaviour is one of the most refined Parts of Coquetry.

1781 tr. Comtesse de Genlis Good Mother i. i, in Theatre of Educ. II. 246 Mrs. Davers. That excessive childishness makes all your follies more excusable.— Harriot. Surely, since I am only seven.

1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies xii, in Last Ess. Elia 256 The children of the very poor do not prattle..there is no childishness in [their] dwellings.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 246 A sort of southern childishness and swiftness of gleeful apprehension.

1902 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 41 A child in the mischief-working hands of his own childishness.

1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again 31 I la-la happily, my voice rising and falling in a semisong of childishness.

a. With reference to a person who is no longer a child: quality or conduct not befitting maturity; puerility, foolishness, silliness.second childishness: see second childishness n. at second adj. and n.² Compounds 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [noun]

chilcea1200

fauntelte1377

bairnheid?a1513

childishness1539

babishness1557

puerility1576

childnessa1616

puerileness1727

babyhood1748

babyishness1836

immaturity1895

1539 T. Elyot Bankette of Sapience Introd. sig. A4^v Ye babies, how longe wil ye delyte in your childyshnes? And how longe wyl fooles couete those thynges, whiche shall hurt them?

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 9 Gentle in behavor without childishenes.

1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 29 From a weakness and childishness of temper.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 292 I cannot bear this silly Childishness.

1795 J. Bell Disc. Nature & Cure Wounds i. ii. 10 To be afraid of exposing the lungs to air when they are already torn with a bullet, and loaded with blood, is mere childishness.

a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1960) viii. 132 Vexed at..the childishness of his behaviour, I answered, ‘I recommend you to grin and bear it’—an expression used by sailors after a long continuance of bad weather.

1883 A. Roberts O.T. Revision x. 214 The most stupendous mass of childishness and folly.

1925 E. M. Brent-Dyer School at Chalet xx. 264 I am ashamed to think a girl I had counted as a Senior should cause so much trouble by her childishness and impertinence.

2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 5 Aug. (Seven Days section) 6/5 Women don't like childishness, showing off, gratuitous offensiveness, annoying laddisms.

b. As a count noun: an instance of immature or foolish behaviour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [noun] > instance of

childhoodc1330

childhead1340

puerilityc1475

boytry?1542

childishness1587

babism1610

youthfullity1763

babyism1806

baby act1865

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ix. 137 What a childishnesse is this?

1631 W. Watts tr. St. Augustine Confessions i. vii. 28 These childishnesses are with pleasure borne..for that they will vanish with age.

1672 J. Davies tr. R. Rapin Observ. Poems Homer & Virgil 71 He is reserv'd every where else, and does not fall into those childishnesses.

1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies Pref. sig. A^v Follies and Childishnesses.

1788 ‘J. Cooper’ tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend (rev. ed.) III. 34 Out upon such childishnesses!

1866 All Year Round 6 Jan. 558/2 Ah, let him be. There are plenty of us wise ones who are altogether above these small childishnesses, or who indulge them in other, and perhaps less harmless forms.

1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles 66 There were times when Moira's childishnesses delighted him as much as they had delighted Sir Watney.

2002 Financial Times 15 Oct. 15/4 Laurence Fox as..Frank Gardner, plays to the hilt the indulgent childishnesses of his character.

†3. = childhood n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood

childhoodOE

childheadc1330

bairnheid1393

enfauncec1400

puerice1481

puerility1512

childage1548

childishness1597

leading-string1677

impuberty1785

cap and feather days1822

bairnhooda1835

child-life1841

pupillarity1846

tunic-hood1859

bread-and-butterhood1869

preadolescence1907

latency1910

puerilism1925

1597 R. Greenham Propositions Spirituall Matters sig. D4 They that grow out of child-hood do things beseming manhood rather than childishnes.

1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 29 Those years which are esteem'd the confines of Childishness and Manhood.

1796 G. D. Harley Poems 220 As manhood shall on childishness arise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	childishness
释义	childishnessn. Brit. /ˈtʃʌɪldᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪldᵻʃnᵻs/ Forms: see childish adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: childish adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < childish adj. + -ness suffix. 1. Quality or conduct typical of or appropriate to a child. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] > quality of childhoodlOE childheada1325 childishness1526 childlikeness1744 bread-and-butterishness1843 childlinessa1846 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xiii. 11 I put awaye all childesshnes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 158 Speake thou Boy, Perhaps thy childishnesse will moue him more Then can our Reasons. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 45. ¶7 This pretty Childishness of Behaviour is one of the most refined Parts of Coquetry. 1781 tr. Comtesse de Genlis Good Mother i. i, in Theatre of Educ. II. 246 Mrs. Davers. That excessive childishness makes all your follies more excusable.— Harriot. Surely, since I am only seven. 1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies xii, in Last Ess. Elia 256 The children of the very poor do not prattle..there is no childishness in [their] dwellings. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 246 A sort of southern childishness and swiftness of gleeful apprehension. 1902 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 41 A child in the mischief-working hands of his own childishness. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again 31 I la-la happily, my voice rising and falling in a semisong of childishness. 2. a. With reference to a person who is no longer a child: quality or conduct not befitting maturity; puerility, foolishness, silliness.second childishness: see second childishness n. at second adj. and n.² Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [noun] chilcea1200 fauntelte1377 bairnheid?a1513 childishness1539 babishness1557 puerility1576 childnessa1616 puerileness1727 babyhood1748 babyishness1836 immaturity1895 1539 T. Elyot Bankette of Sapience Introd. sig. A4^v Ye babies, how longe wil ye delyte in your childyshnes? And how longe wyl fooles couete those thynges, whiche shall hurt them? 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 9 Gentle in behavor without childishenes. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 29 From a weakness and childishness of temper. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 292 I cannot bear this silly Childishness. 1795 J. Bell Disc. Nature & Cure Wounds i. ii. 10 To be afraid of exposing the lungs to air when they are already torn with a bullet, and loaded with blood, is mere childishness. a1827 W. Hickey Mem. (1960) viii. 132 Vexed at..the childishness of his behaviour, I answered, ‘I recommend you to grin and bear it’—an expression used by sailors after a long continuance of bad weather. 1883 A. Roberts O.T. Revision x. 214 The most stupendous mass of childishness and folly. 1925 E. M. Brent-Dyer School at Chalet xx. 264 I am ashamed to think a girl I had counted as a Senior should cause so much trouble by her childishness and impertinence. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 5 Aug. (Seven Days section) 6/5 Women don't like childishness, showing off, gratuitous offensiveness, annoying laddisms. b. As a count noun: an instance of immature or foolish behaviour. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [noun] > instance of childhoodc1330 childhead1340 puerilityc1475 boytry?1542 childishness1587 babism1610 youthfullity1763 babyism1806 baby act1865 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ix. 137 What a childishnesse is this? 1631 W. Watts tr. St. Augustine Confessions i. vii. 28 These childishnesses are with pleasure borne..for that they will vanish with age. 1672 J. Davies tr. R. Rapin Observ. Poems Homer & Virgil 71 He is reserv'd every where else, and does not fall into those childishnesses. 1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies Pref. sig. A^v Follies and Childishnesses. 1788 ‘J. Cooper’ tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend (rev. ed.) III. 34 Out upon such childishnesses! 1866 All Year Round 6 Jan. 558/2 Ah, let him be. There are plenty of us wise ones who are altogether above these small childishnesses, or who indulge them in other, and perhaps less harmless forms. 1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles 66 There were times when Moira's childishnesses delighted him as much as they had delighted Sir Watney. 2002 Financial Times 15 Oct. 15/4 Laurence Fox as..Frank Gardner, plays to the hilt the indulgent childishnesses of his character. †3. = childhood n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] > childhood childhoodOE childheadc1330 bairnheid1393 enfauncec1400 puerice1481 puerility1512 childage1548 childishness1597 leading-string1677 impuberty1785 cap and feather days1822 bairnhooda1835 child-life1841 pupillarity1846 tunic-hood1859 bread-and-butterhood1869 preadolescence1907 latency1910 puerilism1925 1597 R. Greenham Propositions Spirituall Matters sig. D4 They that grow out of child-hood do things beseming manhood rather than childishnes. 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 29 Those years which are esteem'd the confines of Childishness and Manhood. 1796 G. D. Harley Poems 220 As manhood shall on childishness arise. 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