kittenish

[kit-n-ish]

kit·ten·ish

[kit-n-ish]
adjective
1.
coyly playful.
2.
like or in the manner of a kitten.

Origin:
1745–55; kitten + -ish1

kit·ten·ish·ly, adverb
kit·ten·ish·ness, noun
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Kittenish is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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kittenish (ˈkɪtənɪʃ)
 
adj
1.  like a kitten; lively
2.  (of a woman) flirtatious, esp coyly flirtatious
 
'kittenishly
 
adv
 
'kittenishness
 
n

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