childhode

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === childhod, childehode, childehed, childhad, child-had, childehede, childhede, childhed, chilhede, childhood, child-hede, childehoode, chyldhood, chyldhod, chyldhode, chyldhede === Etymology === From Old English ċildhād; equivalent to child +‎ -hede. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʃiːldhɔːd/, /ˈtʃiːldhoːd/, /ˈtʃiːldhɛːd/ === Noun === childhode (uncountable) The time during which one is a child; childhood. Childishness; behaviour displaying juvenility. An action or belief displaying stupidity or childishness. (rare) The state of being someone's offspring. ==== Descendants ==== English: childhood Scots: childheid (obsolete) ==== References ==== “chīldhōd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 June 2019.