childhode
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- childhod, childehode, childehed, childhad, child-had, childehede, childhede, childhed, chilhede, childhood, child-hede, childehoode, chyldhood, chyldhod, chyldhode, chyldhede
Etymology[edit]
From Old English ċildhād; equivalent to child + -hede.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
childhode (uncountable)
- The time during which one is a child; childhood.
- Childishness; behaviour displaying juvenility.
- An action or belief displaying stupidity or childishness.
- (rare) The state of being someone's offspring.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “chīldhōd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-30.
Categories:
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms suffixed with -hede
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Middle English nouns
- Middle English uncountable nouns
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- enm:Children
- enm:Family