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kiddish

  • a word derived from kid.

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She remembers it became too "kiddish" when she was about 13 and she started shopping at Primark instead.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

He uses more of the muscles in his face and has a kiddish smile.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2018

Don't get kiddish enough to do the picturesque mountaineer act, Bobby.

From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward

"Because the idea was too kiddish," returned Dick.

From The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

No; that would have been a kiddish thing to do; and after all, Jan., Miss Hull was really doing what she thought was right.

From The Twins in the South by Whitehill, Dorothy