Word Meanings - KITTENISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition. Richardson.

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• KITTENISH
  Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition. Richardson.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• PLAYFUL
  Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. -- Play"ful*ly, adv. -- Play"ful*ness, n.
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• KITTEN
  A young cat. (more info) also a female cat, and F. chaton, dim. of chat cat, also E. kitling.
• DISPOSITIONAL
  Pertaining to disposition.
• DISPOSITION
  1. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53. The disposition of the work,
• DISPOSITIONED
  Having a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned.
• RESEMBLER
  One who resembles.
• RESEMBLANCE
  1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
• INDISPOSITION
  1. The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine. A general indisposition towards believing. Atterbury. 2. A slight disorder or illness. Rather as an indisposition in health than as
• PREDISPOSITION
  1. The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger. 2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression,
• MISDISPOSITION
  Erroneous disposal or application. Bp. Hall.
• NONRESEMBLANCE
  Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.