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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
childish
    adj 1: indicating a lack of maturity; "childish tantrums";
           "infantile behavior" [syn: childish, infantile]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Childish \Child"ish\ (ch[imac]ld"[i^]sh), a.
   1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.
      "Childish innocence." --Macaulay.
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   2. Puerile; trifling; weak.
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            Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is
            rather childish than innocent.        --Addison.
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   Note: Childish, as applied to persons who are grown up, is in
         a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper.
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Thesaurus Results for childish:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arrested, asinine, babish, babyish, backward, beardless, boyish, boylike, calflike, childlike, coltish, decrepit, doddering, doddery, doited, doting, fatuous, foolish, girlish, girllike, immature, inexperienced, infantile, infantine, juvenile, kiddish, maiden, maidenly, moronic, naive, puerile, puplike, puppyish, puppylike, retarded, senile, silly, simple, slow, sophomoric, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unsophisticated, wanting
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