"childish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-childish.ogg Forms: more childish [comparative], most childish [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪldɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English childisch, from Old English ċildisċ. By surface analysis, child + ish. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|childissh|childisch}} Middle English childisch, {{inh|en|ang|ċildisċ}} Old English ċildisċ, {{surf|en|child|ish}} By surface analysis, child + ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} childish (comparative more childish, superlative most childish)
  1. Of or suitable for a child. Categories (topical): Children Synonyms (suitable for a child): childly Translations (suitable for a child): παιδικός (paidikós) (Ancient Greek), طُفُولِيّ (ṭufūliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), մանկական (mankakan) (Armenian), дзіця́чы (dzicjáčy) (Belarusian), детски (detski) (Bulgarian), бебешки (bebeški) (Bulgarian), kinderachtig (Dutch), infantiel (Dutch), lapsi- (Finnish), lapsenomainen (Finnish), enfantin (French), puéril (French), kindgerecht (German), 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (barnisks) (Gothic), παιδικός (paidikós) (Greek), ילדותי (yalduti) (Hebrew), gyerekes (Hungarian), gyerek- (Hungarian), puerala (Ido), fi pickney (Jamaican Creole), 子供向き (kodomo muki) (alt: こどもむき) (Japanese), puerīlis (Latin), vaikiškas (Lithuanian), kannereg (Luxembourgish), детски (detski) (Macedonian), childissh (Middle English), ċildisċ (Old English), بچهگانه (bečče-gâne) (Persian), dziecięcy (Polish), infantil (Portuguese), де́тский (détskij) (Russian), ребя́ческий (rebjáčeskij) (Russian), para niños (Spanish), infantil (Spanish), дитя́чий (dytjáčyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-childish-en-adj-s3~e2OrH Disambiguation of Children: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'suitable for a child': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'suitable for a child': 100 0
  2. Immature in thought or behaviour. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms (immature): infantile
    Sense id: en-childish-en-adj-DBQDqQTu Disambiguation of Personality: 28 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Aghwan translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Jamaican Creole translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with 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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: childlike, unsuitable, young Hyponyms: brattish, bratty, petulant Derived forms: childishly, childishness, overchildish, unchildish Related terms: childlike Translations (behaving immaturely): 𐕘𐔰𐕙𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎𐕒𐕡𐕎 (ġareunun) (Aghwan), طُفُولِيّ (ṭufūliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), երեխայական (erexayakan) (Armenian), մանկական (mankakan) (Armenian), տհաս (thas) (Armenian), дзіця́чы (dzicjáčy) (Belarusian), інфанты́льны (infantýlʹny) (Belarusian), детински (detinski) (Bulgarian), инфантилен (infantilen) (Bulgarian), 幼稚 (yòuzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 孩子氣 /孩子气 (háiziqì) (Chinese Mandarin), dětinský (Czech), kinderachtig (Dutch), infantiel (Dutch), infanaĵa (Esperanto), lapsik (Estonian), lapsellinen (Finnish), puéril (French), gamin (French), kindisch (German), παιδιάστικος (paidiástikos) (Greek), παιδαριώδης (paidariódis) (Greek), ילדותי (yalduti) (Hebrew), gyerekes (Hungarian), puerala (Ido), pueratra (Ido), kekanak-kanakan (Indonesian), leanbaí (Irish), páistiúil (Irish), infantile (Italian), bambinesco (Italian), puerile (Italian), 幼稚 (yōchi) (alt: ようち) (Japanese), 子供っぽい (kodomoppoi) (alt: こどもっぽい) (Japanese), 子供じみた (kodomo jimita) (alt: こどもじみた) (Japanese), ង៉ែត (ŋaet) (Khmer), puerīlis (Latin), vaikiškas (Lithuanian), źiśecy (Lower Sorbian), детински (detinski) (Macedonian), детинест (detinest) (Macedonian), ബാലിശ (bāliśa) (Malayalam), ബാലിശമായ (bāliśamāya) (Malayalam), ᠵᡠᠰᡝᡴᡳ (juseki) (Manchu), ngākau pāpaku (Maori), childissh (Middle English), barnslig (Norwegian Bokmål), barnsleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), ċildisċ (Old English), bernskr (Old Norse), bernskligr (Old Norse), بچهگانه (bečče-gâne) (Persian), dziecinny (Polish), infantylny (Polish), infantil (Portuguese), imaturo (Portuguese), copilăros (Romanian), imatur (Romanian), pueril (Romanian), infantil (Romanian), ребя́ческий (rebjáčeskij) (Russian), инфанти́льный (infantílʹnyj) (Russian), де́тский (détskij) (Russian), otróčji (Slovene), infantil (Spanish), infantiloide (Spanish), pueril (Spanish), aniñado (Spanish), niñato (Spanish), barnslig (Swedish), pueril (Swedish), isip-bata (Tagalog), çocuksu (Turkish), çocuğumsu (Turkish), дитиня́чий (dytynjáčyj) (Ukrainian), дитя́чий (dytjáčyj) (Ukrainian), інфанти́льний (infantýlʹnyj) (Ukrainian), plentynnaidd (Welsh)
Synonyms: juvenile, kiddish, childlike, immature, silly, unbecoming, puerile, babish, babyish, bairnish, childish, dootsie [UK, dialectal], hissy, lactifluous, infantine, milky Disambiguation of 'behaving immaturely': 0 100
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      "word": "barnslig"
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      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "pueril"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "isip-bata"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "çocuksu"
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      "word": "çocuğumsu"
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      "word": "дитиня́чий"
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      "roman": "infantýlʹnyj",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
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      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "plentynnaidd"
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “suitable for a child”",
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
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      "word": "childishly"
    },
    {
      "word": "childishness"
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      "word": "overchildish"
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      "word": "unchildish"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "surf"
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      "form": "more childish",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "most childish",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "childlike"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "unsuitable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "young"
    }
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    "child‧ish"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "brattish"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "bratty"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "petulant"
    }
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          "ref": "1824, Susan Ferrier, The Inheritance, page 130:",
          "text": "She remembered, too, when, after a long childish illness, her father had carried her in his arms to the garden, […]",
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        },
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          "ref": "1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:",
          "text": "As I walked to and fro daily between Southwark and Blackfriars, and lounged about at meal-times in obscure streets, the stones of which may, for anything I know, be worn at this moment by my childish feet, I wonder how many of these people were wanting in the crowd that used to come filing before me in review again, to the echo of Captain Hopkins’s voice!",
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        {
          "text": "Your childish temper tantrums are not going to change my decision on this matter.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/"
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      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "childly"
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    {
      "word": "juvenile"
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    {
      "word": "kiddish"
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    {
      "word": "childlike"
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    {
      "sense": "immature",
      "word": "infantile"
    },
    {
      "word": "immature"
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    {
      "word": "silly"
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    {
      "word": "unbecoming"
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      "word": "puerile"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "babish"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "babyish"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "bairnish"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "childish"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dootsie"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "hissy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "lactifluous"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "infantine"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:childish",
      "word": "milky"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭufūliyy",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "طُفُولِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mankakan",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "մանկական"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dzicjáčy",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "дзіця́чы"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "detski",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "детски"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bebeški",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "бебешки"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "kinderachtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "infantiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "lapsi-"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "lapsenomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "enfantin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "puéril"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "kindgerecht"
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    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "barnisks",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paidikós",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "παιδικός"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paidikós",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "παιδικός"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yalduti",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "ילדותי"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "gyerekes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "gyerek-"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "puerala"
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    {
      "code": "jam",
      "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "fi pickney"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こどもむき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kodomo muki",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "子供向き"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "puerīlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "vaikiškas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "kannereg"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "detski",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "детски"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "childissh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "ċildisċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bečče-gâne",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "بچهگانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "dziecięcy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "infantil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "détskij",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "де́тский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rebjáčeskij",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "ребя́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "para niños"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "infantil"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dytjáčyj",
      "sense": "suitable for a child",
      "word": "дитя́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "xag",
      "lang": "Aghwan",
      "roman": "ġareunun",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "𐕘𐔰𐕙𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎𐕒𐕡𐕎"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭufūliyy",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "طُفُولِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erexayakan",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "երեխայական"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mankakan",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "մանկական"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "thas",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "տհաս"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dzicjáčy",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "дзіця́чы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "infantýlʹny",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "інфанты́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "detinski",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "детински"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "infantilen",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "инфантилен"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yòuzhì",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "幼稚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "háiziqì",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "孩子氣 /孩子气"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "dětinský"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "kinderachtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "infantiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "infanaĵa"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "lapsik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "lapsellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "puéril"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "gamin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "kindisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paidiástikos",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "παιδιάστικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paidariódis",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "παιδαριώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yalduti",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "ילדותי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "gyerekes"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "puerala"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "pueratra"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "kekanak-kanakan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "leanbaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "páistiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "infantile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "bambinesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "puerile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようち",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōchi",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "幼稚"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こどもっぽい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kodomoppoi",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "子供っぽい"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こどもじみた",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kodomo jimita",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "子供じみた"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ŋaet",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "ង៉ែត"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "puerīlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "vaikiškas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "detinski",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "детински"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "detinest",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "детинест"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "bāliśa",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "ബാലിശ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "bāliśamāya",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "ബാലിശമായ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "juseki",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "ᠵᡠᠰᡝᡴᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "ngākau pāpaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "childissh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "barnslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "barnsleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "ċildisċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "bernskr"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "bernskligr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bečče-gâne",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "بچهگانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "dziecinny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "infantylny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "infantil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "imaturo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "copilăros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "imatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "pueril"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "infantil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rebjáčeskij",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "ребя́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "infantílʹnyj",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "инфанти́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "détskij",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "де́тский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "otróčji"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "źiśecy"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "infantil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "infantiloide"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "pueril"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "aniñado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "niñato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "barnslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "pueril"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "isip-bata"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "çocuksu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "çocuğumsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dytynjáčyj",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "дитиня́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dytjáčyj",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "дитя́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "infantýlʹnyj",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "інфанти́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "behaving immaturely",
      "word": "plentynnaidd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "childish"
}

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