Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of a childlike disposition; artless; simple.
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Examples
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She was no longer the childish-minded gypsy girl he had found with the caravan.
Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath Ben Hecht 1929
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The hardest tasks of the statesmen of those days arose out of such extraordinary expectations, out of the ruinous supposition of the childish-minded that the honoring of a bond, the fulfilment of a promise in return for benefits received, is equally incumbent on everybody!
Nonsenseorship G. G. [Editor] Putnam 1915
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An 'now, ye mis'rable, childish-minded apes, we propose f'r to larn ye th' uses iv liberty.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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