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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kit-n-ish |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪt n ɪʃ |
Definition of kittenish
Origin :- 1754, from kitten + -ish. Related: Kittenishly; Kittenishness.
- adj frisky, playful
- She was fully forty-five, but she was kittenish for her age.
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- She was pretty and kittenish, with fluffy hair and an eternal smile.
- Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume
- Miss Peggy was losing her kittenish grace, was becoming lumpy.
- Extract from : « Tommy and Co. » by Jerome K. Jerome
- A kittenish grace in these things, which is pleasant in so old a cat.
- Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVI. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
- And Anna, she flashes them high-powered eyes of hers at me kittenish.
- Extract from : « The House of Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- There was a deal more in Mrs. Stapleton besides the kittenish qualities.
- Extract from : « The Necromancers » by Robert Hugh Benson
- Her manner toward her kittenish parent was rather sternly maternal.
- Extract from : « Half Portions » by Edna Ferber
- The idea of the serious-minded Veronica developing a bubbling or kittenish manner was too much for them.
- Extract from : « The Madcap of the School » by Angela Brazil
- Throckmorton was rather vexed at the charm this kittenish young thing cast over him.
- Extract from : « Throckmorton » by Molly Elliot Seawell
- She was liable to lean up against you in a playful, kittenish kind of a way, and cave in most of your ribs.
- Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
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