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kiddish

  • a word derived from kid.
    kid
    noun
    a child or young person.

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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

"I won't, but I'm so happy that I'm kiddish!"

From The Bachelors A Novel by William Dana Orcutt

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

From The Rules of the Game by Stewart Edward White

Oh, my darling—what a shame! oh, I am a brute, a kiddish brute.

From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence