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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Like a baby; childish.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. characteristic of a baby

Etymologies

  1. baby +‎ -ish (Wiktionary)

Examples

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

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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.”

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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.”

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

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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.”

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  • “It is considered "babyish," however, to resort to this unless there is some very good reason.”

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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.”

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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!”

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  • “But in my twelfth year, I felt it was "babyish", and had my mom cut it to my shoulders during Easter vacation.”

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  • “And it is definitely growing with him, it doesn't look 'babyish'.”

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