Antonyms for babyhood

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bey-bee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbeɪ bi

Definition of babyhood

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 period of infancy

Example sentences :

We do not look back to the antiquity of the world, but to the babyhood of the world.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

She talked and thought of him as in his babyhood, and left him her blessing at the last.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various

She had heard the subject discussed and argued from her babyhood days.
Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

She had been accustomed to it from her babyhood, and was as fearless as any of her brothers.
Extract from : « The New Girl at St. Chad's » by Angela Brazil

This region is new; so new that it may be said to be still in its babyhood.
Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

It is the knowledge of these little things that count in babyhood.
Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague

He also receives a new name, the name of his babyhood being dropped.
Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley

I hope you will always allow her to keep that little remnant of babyhood.
Extract from : « Peak's Island » by Ford Paul

And this father of hers—that she had revered from babyhood—was a forger!
Extract from : « A Black Adonis » by Linn Boyd Porter

Good-night, friend of my babyhood, my girlhood, my womanhood.
Extract from : « Letters of a Dakota Divorcee » by Jane Burr

Synonyms for babyhood

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