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kittenish definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: playful like a lively kitten [syn: kittenish, frisky]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1754 resembling a kitten; especially coyly playful • kittenishly adverb • kittenishness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 like a young cat; playful and lively. 2 flirtatious. Derivatives: kittenishly adv. kittenishness n. Etymology: KITTEN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kittenish Kit"ten*ish, a. Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition. --Richardson.

Moby Thesaurus

babish, baby, babyish, catlike, cattish, catty, coltish, coquettish, coy, distaff, doll-like, dollish, elvish, felid, feline, female, feminine, flirtatious, frisky, frolicsome, gentlewomanlike, girlish, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, impish, in arms, in diapers, in nappies, in swaddling clothes, in the cradle, infant, infantile, infantine, ladylike, larkish, leonine, lionlike, little-girlish, maidenly, matronal, matronlike, matronly, mischievous, muliebral, neonatal, newborn, petticoat, playful, prankish, roguish, seductive, sportive, tigerish, womanish, womanlike, womanly