Word: nonchildlike
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
child
like
Definition: Not childlike; befitting a young child
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: child
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A figurative offspring, particularly.
Affix: -like
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).