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Middle English
Alternative forms
- childhod, childehode, childehed, childhad, child-had, childehede, childhede, childhed, chilhede, childhood, child-hede, childehoode, chyldhood, chyldhod, chyldhode, chyldhede
Etymology
From Old English ċildhād; equivalent to child + -hede.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃiːldhɔːd/, /ˈtʃiːldhoːd/, /ˈtʃiːldhɛːd/
Noun
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.
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