Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a babe; babyish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Like a babe; a childish; babyish.
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- adjective Like a
babe ;childish ;babyish .
Etymologies
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From babe + -ish.
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Examples
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Robert Southwell's poem wonderfully captures this overturning of all our terrors and apprehensions: 'His batt'ring shots are babish cries, His arrows looks of weeping eyes'.
Christmas Sermon 2003
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I couldn't help telling my Mum the truth at least she had just witnessed one of his babish behaviour.
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The audience at Digg is babish, and explains - not that it is bad.
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