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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : bey-bee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbeɪ bi |
Definition of babies
Origin :- late 14c., babi, diminutive of baban (see babe + -y (3)). Meaning "childish adult person" is from c.1600. Meaning "youngest of a group" is from 1897. As a term of endearment for one's lover it is attested perhaps as early as 1839, certainly by 1901; its popularity perhaps boosted by baby vamp "a popular girl," student slang from c.1922. As an adjective, by 1750.
- Baby food is from 1833. Baby blues for "blue eyes" recorded by 1892 (the phrase also was used for "postpartum depression" 1950s-60s). To empty the baby out with the bath (water) is first recorded 1909 in G.B. Shaw (cf. German das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten). Baby's breath (noted for sweet smell, which also was supposed to attract cats) as a type of flower is from 1897. French bébé (19c.) is from English.
- noun infant
- verb treat like a child
- "But I must get back to my babies," said Mrs. Bines, plaintively.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- She, carrying the babies, drugged with paregoric, in a basket on her arm.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Babies are common enough to most folks, but Lovey was diff'rent.
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Never a village fool without a troop of babies at his heels.
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- My children, my babies, my little dolls, you are all afraid of him.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- She is a demon now, and the pest of married women and their babies.'
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- I knew they were babies, although I had never seen a baby before.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- But Henry did not know what women do when they first see their babies.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- There will soon be no babies for you to instruct either in materialism or socialism.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- Still, there's the child Lalie and she has two babies to look after.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for babies
- angelface
- babe
- bairn
- bambino
- bundle
- buttercup
- button
- cater to
- cherish
- cherub
- chick
- child
- coddle
- cosset
- crawler
- cuddle
- dandle
- deduction
- dividend
- dote on
- dumpling
- foster
- humor
- indulge
- kid
- little angel
- little darling
- little doll
- little one
- newborn
- nipper
- nurse
- nursling
- overindulge
- pamper
- papoose
- pet
- please
- preemie
- satisfy
- serve
- spoil
- suckling
- tad
- toddler
- tot
- write-off
- youngster
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