kittenishnessn.
/ˈkɪtn̩ᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkɪtn̩ɪʃnᵻs/ Kittenish characteristics or behaviour.
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sportfulnessa1586
sportiveness1601
frolicknessa1617
gamesomeness1631
ludibundness1664
playfulness1673
playsomeness1676
friskiness1727
sportability1768
coquetry1794
toyfulness1838
larkiness1896
kittenishness1905
1905 Smart Set Sept. 15/1 Monsieur de Latour felt, as well as saw, that Madame de Beauregard, for all her kittenishness, was really a very great lady.
1926 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 610/1 Ages back the American girl abjured all that was in the nature of kittenishness.
1974 F. Nolan Oshawa Project xv. 99 ‘What do you mean..?’ she said, every trace of the kittenishness falling away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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