babyish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪbiɪʃ/
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Adjective[edit]
babyish (comparative more babyish, superlative most babyish)
- Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish
- 1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 9, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:
- As soon as the King and the rest of the hunting party had set off, she began making a tour of the whole castle and asking questions, but all in such an innocent, babyish way that no one could suspect her of any secret design.
- For a young man, he has the most babyish voice I've heard.
- Synonyms: puerile, simple; see also Thesaurus:childish
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
like a baby
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