Word Meanings - PIDDLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Etym: 1. To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important. Ascham. 2. To be squeamishly nice about one's food. Swift. 3. To urinate; -- child's word.
Related words: (words related to PIDDLE)
- CHILDSHIP
The state or relation of being a child. - RATHER
Prior; earlier; former. Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville. - CHILDISHNESS
The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect. - CHILDED
Furnished with a child. - CHILDBIRTH
The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor. - ABOUT
On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info) - CHILDISH
1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay. 2. Peurile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. Note: Childish, as applied tc persons who - THOSE
The plural of that. See That. - CHILD STUDY
A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood. - IMPORTANTLY
In an important manner. - SWIFTNESS
The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc. - SWIFTLET
Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible. - SWIFTER
A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. The forward shroud of a lower mast. - TRIVIALNESS
Quality or state of being trivial. - CHILDCROWING
The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup. - CONCERNEDLY
In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically. - CHILDBED
The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition. - SWIFTLY
In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. Wyclif. - TRIVIALITY
1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness. 2. That which is trivial; a trifle. The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair. - URINATE
To discharge urine; to make water. - GODCHILD
One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather. - SPATHOSE
See SPATHIC - UNCONCERNMENT
The state of being unconcerned, or of having no share or concern; unconcernedness. South. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - INCONCERNING
Unimportant; trifling. "Trifling and inconcerning matters." Fuller. - RACEABOUT
A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.