childlikeness

English

Etymology

From childlike +‎ -ness.

Noun

childlikeness (usually uncountable, plural childlikenesses)

  1. The state or quality of being childlike.
    • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
      How old was Isabel? According to all reasonable inferences from the presumed circumstances of her life, she was his elder, certainly, though by uncertain years; yet her whole aspect was that of more than childlikeness; […]

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