babyish

English

Etymology

baby +‎ -ish

Adjective

babyish (comparative more babyish, superlative most babyish)

1. Like a baby; childish
   • 1953, C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair, Collins, 1998, Chapter 9,

     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

Translations

like a baby

• French: bébête (fr)
• Icelandic: smábarnalegur, barnalegur (is), kjánalegur (is)
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• Spanish: infantil (es), pueril (es)
• Swedish: barnslig (sv)