Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

kiddest

 - 2 dictionary results

kid

1[kid] noun, verb, kid⋅ded, kid⋅ding, adjective
–noun
1. Informal. a child or young person.
2. (used as a familiar form of address.)
3. a young goat.
4. leather made from the skin of a kid or goat, used in making shoes and gloves.
5. a glove made from this leather.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
6. (of a goat) to give birth to (young).
–adjective
7. made of kidskin.
8. Informal. younger: his kid sister.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME kide < ON kith


kiddish, adjective
kid⋅dish⋅ness, noun
kidlike, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To kiddest
Word Origin & History

kid  (v.)
"tease playfully" (1839), earlier, in thieves' cant, "to coax, wheedle, hoax" (1811), from kid (n.), via notion of "treat as a child, make a kid of."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see kiddest on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: