pædomorphic

UK/ˌpiːdəˈmɔːfɪk/UK/ˌpɛdəˈmɔːfɪk/US/ˌpiːdəˈmɔɹfɪk/US/ˌpɛdəˈmɔɹfɪk/

A form of pedomorphic

Meanings

adjectivepædomorphic (comparative more pædomorphic, superlative most pædomorphic)

comparative more pædomorphic · superlative most pædomorphic

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of pedomorphic.

    The child’s imagination will also be awake and active at five. He will look out on the world with anthropomorphic (or rather with pædomorphic) eyes.

    1903, Herbert George Wells, Mankind in the Making, 3rd edition, Chapman & Hall, page 155

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

pædomorphic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C3%A6domorphic

MLA

“pædomorphic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C3%A6domorphic. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pædomorphic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/p%C3%A6domorphic.

Source: pædomorphic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.