kittenish

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: kit=ten=ish

CIDE DICTIONARY

kittenish, a. 

 Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.  Richardson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kittenish, adj.
1 like a young cat; playful and lively.
2 flirtatious.

Derivative

kittenishly adv. kittenishness n.

Etymology

KITTEN

THESAURUS

kittenish

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

ROGET THESAURUS

kittenish

Infant

N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.