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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baby +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • But I suppose a boy thinks he is called babyish, if the name is fastened on him.

    Holiday Stories for Young People Various 1875

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Many seven to 11-year-olds revile her because she is a "babyish" reminder of their early childhood.

    December 20th, 2005 2005

  • 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

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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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