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child·hood (c̸hīld′ho̵od′)

noun

  1. the state or time of being a child; esp., the period from infancy to puberty
  2. an early stage of development

Etymology: ME childhod < OE cildhad: see child & -hood

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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