Definition of Babytalk

1. Noun. An adult's imitation of the speech of a young child.

Exact synonyms: Baby Talk, Motherese
Generic synonyms: Non-standard Speech

2. Noun. The developing speech of a young child.
Exact synonyms: Baby Talk
Generic synonyms: Non-standard Speech

Lexicographical Neighbors of Babytalk

babyproofers
babyproofing
babyproofs
babysat
babyship
babyships
babysit
babysits
babysitted
babysitter
babysitter test
babysitters
babysitting
babysitting circle
babysittings
babytalk (current term)
babywear
babywise
bac
bacalao
bacalaos
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bacaw
bacca
baccae
baccalaureat
baccalaureate
baccalaureates
baccalaureats

Literary usage of Babytalk

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Conversations on Some of the Old Poets by James Russell Lowell (1893)
"Who but Shakespeare would have dared this babytalk in such a place! Yet how admirable! PHILIP. These simplest thoughts, feelings, and experiences, ..."

2. Plots and Personalities: A New Method of Testing and Training the Creative by Edwin Emery Slosson, June Etta Downey (1922)
"Lovers are likely to resort to “babytalk” in conversation or correspondence. This is not a sign of weak-mindedness as the unsympathetic eavesdropper may ..."

3. The Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language by Hudson Maxim (1910)
"Every mother in the world, of whatever race, can understand the babytalk of any child of any race. The infant, in turn, can understand the language of every ..."

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