childhood
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
child/tʃʌɪld/
▶noun (pl. children)
- 1 a young human being below the age of full physical development.
■ a son or daughter of any age.
- 2 derogatory an immature or irresponsible person.
- 3 (children) archaic the descendants of a family or people.
– phrases
child's play a task which is easily accomplished.
with child archaic pregnant.
child's play a task which is easily accomplished.
with child archaic pregnant.
– derivatives
childhood noun,
childless adjective,
childlessness noun.
childhood noun,
childless adjective,
childlessness noun.
– origin OE cild, of Gmc origin.
'childhood' also found in these Oxford entries:
child
- dyspraxia
- false memory
- infancy
- man
- measles
- native speaker
- non-native
- pica
- Tay–Sachs disease
- transference
- upbringing
- youth
