= childlike, adj. 1.

Of, like, or appropriate to a child or to childhood; childlike.

Childish.

Childish.

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a boy or child; (hence) youthful, innocent; elementary. Now rare except as in sense A. 2.

Civil Law and Scots Law. Of or relating to a person below the legal age of puberty; spec. of or relating to such a person who is also a ward. Cf…

That is not yet fully mature, infant. Cf. pupillarity, n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

Girlish, schoolgirlish; chiefly used depreciatively, with implication of naive or unsophisticated character. Cf. bread and butter, adj. 1. Now rare.

Somewhat of a chit.

Of or befitting a brat; childish.

slang. Childish.