baby

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They assured her that the child could easily exist longer than a day without food, and they reminded her that her baby was an exceptional baby, a peculiar baby--like its father, uncommonly strong, and, like its mother, unusually obstinate.

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  1. noun A very young child; an infant.
  2. noun An unborn child; a fetus.
  3. noun The youngest member of a family or group.

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English.

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  1. Also dial. babby; early modern English also babie, from Middle English babee, babi, diminutive of babe.
  2. from baby, n.
 

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