childness

Shakespearean Definition:

Noun - the quality or state of being a child

Frequency: 1

Here are all of the speeches where childness shows up across the corpus:

The Winter's Tale

If at home , sir ,
He’s all my exercise , my mirth , my matter ,
Now my sworn friend and then mine enemy ,
My parasite , my soldier , statesman , all .
He makes a July’s day short as December ,
And with his varying childness cures in me
Thoughts that would thick my blood .