kittenish

comparative more kittenish · superlative most kittenish

1. Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten.

   She was kittenish in her manners, wearing generally an air of soft and fluffy innocence.

   1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 48

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   Sleeping, Myra appeared cuddly, kittenish. Girls, Gordon thought to himself. Girls can really drive you crazy.

   2011, Jeff Dee, Gordon Ryder's Blues, page 165

   Synonyms: kitteny

2. Playful, sometimes with overtones of female sexuality.