babyish
pronunciation
How to pronounce babyish in British English:
UK [ˈbeɪbiɪʃ]
How to pronounce babyish in American English:
US [ˈbeɪbiɪʃ]
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- Adjective:
- characteristic of a baby
Word Origin
- babyish (adj.)
- 1753, from baby (n.) + -ish. Earlier in same sense was babish (1530s).
Example
- 1. The older children found the toys too babyish .
- 2. The babyish kept beddy-byeing about four hours .
- 3. Don 't think that a picture book is too babyish .
- 4. They told him it was babyish to cry .
- 5. The fork was polite because it was less overtly violent than a knife , less babyish and messy than a spoon .