kittenish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

kittenish
    adj 1: playful like a lively kitten [syn: {kittenish}, {frisky}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kittenish \kit"ten*ish\, a.
   Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.
   --Richardson.
   [1913 Webster] -- {kit"ten*ish*ly}, adv. --
   {kit"ten*ish*ness}, n.
   [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "kittenish":
      babish, baby, babyish, catlike, cattish, catty, coltish,
      coquettish, coy, distaff, doll-like, dollish, elvish, felid,
      feline, female, feminine, flirtatious, frisky, frolicsome,
      gentlewomanlike, girlish, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, impish,
      in arms, in diapers, in nappies, in swaddling clothes,
      in the cradle, infant, infantile, infantine, ladylike, larkish,
      leonine, lionlike, little-girlish, maidenly, matronal, matronlike,
      matronly, mischievous, muliebral, neonatal, newborn, petticoat,
      playful, prankish, roguish, seductive, sportive, tigerish,
      womanish, womanlike, womanly