Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a baby; childish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like a
baby ;childish ;puerile ;simple .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characteristic of a baby
Etymologies
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Examples
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But I suppose a boy thinks he is called babyish, if the name is fastened on him.
Holiday Stories for Young People Various 1875
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I like this baby bedding set at Overstock.com but it's not very 'babyish' in the sense of bunnies, teddy bears, bouncing frogs and whatnot.
Archive 2009-02-01 Field Notes 2009
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I like this baby bedding set at Overstock.com but it's not very 'babyish' in the sense of bunnies, teddy bears, bouncing frogs and whatnot.
Hello Wood Floors! A little photo tour... Field Notes 2009
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Sometimes it's a situation like Disney, where the book has been turned into a cartoon that is viewed as "babyish;" sometimes it's a book like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, where parents think that because the movie is OK for their child, so too are the books.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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Sometimes it's a situation like Disney, where the book has been turned into a cartoon that is viewed as "babyish;" sometimes it's a book like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, where parents think that because the movie is OK for their child, so too are the books.
Winnie the Pooh 2006
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Many seven to 11-year-olds revile her because she is a "babyish" reminder of their early childhood.
December 20th, 2005 2005
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It is considered "babyish," however, to resort to this unless there is some very good reason.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
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Two or three years later these games are apt to seem "babyish" to a child and to lose interest for him.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
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"If you start doing that kind of babyish thing again, I'll sit on you and bounce up and down till you cry for mercy, " said Diana.
The Rockingdown Mystery Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1949
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If the present goverment is 'babyish', then how about gracing us with an adjective for the now dead-and-buried ex MLP goverments!
timesofmalta.com 2009
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