childness

[ chahyld-nis ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. the quality of being a child.

Word History and Origins

Origin of childness¹

First recorded in 1605–15; child + -ness

Example Sentences

There are all these childrens here, and each one has his or her own big story inside, and each one has the childness so intrigueful, along with the absence of so much.

From Literature

For God is not only the father of the child, but of the childhood that constitutes him a child, therefore the childness is of the divine nature.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, verily, it would be a low thing for any child to do his father's will in the hope that his father would reward him for it; but it is quite another thing for a father whose child endeavours to please him, to let him know that he recognizes his childness toward him, and will be fatherly good to him.

From Project Gutenberg

The major had never been properly a child, but now lived his childness over again with Mark in a better fashion.

From Project Gutenberg

What if the rain be falling, and the wind blowing; what if we stand alone, or, more painful still, have some dear one beside us, sharing our outness; what even if the window be not shining, because of the curtains of good inscrutable drawn across it; let us think to ourselves, or say to our friend, 'God is; Jesus is not dead; nothing can be going wrong, however it may look so to hearts unfinished in childness.'

From Project Gutenberg