childness

American  

[chahyld-nis] / ˈtʃaɪld nɪs /

noun

Archaic.

1. the quality of being a child.

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Etymology

Origin of childness

First recorded in 1605–15; child + -ness

Example Sentences

There are all these childrens here, and each one has his or her own big story inside, and each one has the childness so intrigueful, along with the absence of so much.

From Literature

For God is not only the father of the child, but of the childhood that constitutes him a child, therefore the childness is of the divine nature.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, verily, it would be a low thing for any child to do his father's will in the hope that his father would reward him for it; but it is quite another thing for a father whose child endeavours to please him, to let him know that he recognizes his childness toward him, and will be fatherly good to him.

From Project Gutenberg

The major had never been properly a child, but now lived his childness over again with Mark in a better fashion.

From Project Gutenberg

He paused and looked at her, and then all at once something in the utter childness of her beauty seemed to puncture his anger like an inflated tire, and render him helpless, uncertain, utterly fatuous.

From Project Gutenberg