ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Semichild

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Semichild is a noun meaning A person who is partly a child, or somewhat childlike.

Meaning

A person who is partly a child, or somewhat childlike.

Example Sentences

It may seem paradoxical that in a culture that considers women to be cultural outsiders, perennial semichildren, the task of enculturating the young is entrusted to women.
They often seemed two sizes too big for the concave-chested semichildren within (hopefully that was a styling trick, if a distressing one, as opposed to just lazy tailoring).

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include demigirl, womanchild, childling, chibi, schoolchild, girlchild.

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