kittenish

[ kit-n-ish ]

/ ˈkɪt n ɪʃ /

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adjective

coyly playful.

like or in the manner of a kitten.

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Origin of kittenish

First recorded in 1745–55; kitten + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM kittenish

kit·ten·ish·ly, adverbkit·ten·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby kittenish

Ki Tse, kitset, kittel, kitten, kitten heel, kittenish, kitten moth, Kittie, Kittikachorn, kittiwake, kittle

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How to use kittenish in a sentence

Friends speak of a steely and determined operator beneath the kittenish veneer.
Pippa Middleton, the Royal Wedding's Other Star|Tom Sykes|April 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Still, the way Zemeckis talks about Staar is in a coy, kittenish way that does not entirely suggest unparallel lives.
A Hollywood Wife's Sexy Alter-Ego|Nicole LaPorte|April 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And they finished with a gentle pat on his cheek and a momentary, kittenish rumpling of his hair.
The Hidden Places|Bertrand W. Sinclair
A little kitten came up out of the garden and said something kittenish to me, and then I heard a muffled step within.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska|Charles Warren Stoddard

She tossed her head with a kittenish movement, and arched her poorly pencilled eyebrows.
Aunt Crete's Emancipation|Grace Livingston Hill
While this kittenish comedy was going on something younger and more tragical was in progress in the two adjacent houses.
Arundel|Edward Frederic Benson
This object is not to be accomplished by adopting juvenile dress and kittenish ways.
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)|Marion Harland

British Dictionary definitions for kittenish

kittenish

/ (ˈkɪtənɪʃ) /

adjective

like a kitten; lively

(of a woman) flirtatious, esp coyly flirtatious

Derived forms of kittenish

kittenishly, adverbkittenishness, noun

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kittenish

Origin of kittenish

OTHER WORDS FROM kittenish

Words nearby kittenish

Words related to kittenish

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British Dictionary definitions for kittenish

Derived forms of kittenish