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Definition of Babyish
1. Adjective. Characteristic of a baby. "Babyish tears and petulance"
Similar to: Immature
Definition of Babyish
1. a. Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.
Definition of Babyish
1. Adjective. Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Babyish
1. resembling a baby [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Babyish
Literary usage of Babyish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What is the Carnal Mind? by Delos Ferdinand Brooks (1905)
"4: 14, Not to be childish, nor babyish, Not that any state of grace is to be ...
No! not our childhood, but our childish state, our babyish state, ..."
2. Hours in a Library by Leslie Stephen (1904)
"The whole machinery strikes us as simply babyish, unless we charitably assume
the whole to ... Yet, babyish as this mass of nursery tales may appear to us, ..."
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