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Synonyms for babyish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bey-bee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbeɪ bi |
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Définition of babyish
Origin :- 1753, from baby (n.) + -ish. Earlier in same sense was babish (1530s).
- adj acting like an infant
- She could not bear it to be thought that she was babyish or "silly."
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Herr Baby » by Mrs. Molesworth
- Elizabeth Walbert's babyish features were alive with animation.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester
- How they pounded and cried, those amusing, sophisticated, babyish Parisians!
- Extract from : « Margarita's Soul » by Ingraham Lovell
- I didn't quite like her asking that: it made me seem so babyish.
- Extract from : « Peterkin » by Mary Louisa Molesworth
- I do not know why a velvet cap was despised, but it was; a cap with a tassel was babyish.
- Extract from : « A Boy's Town » by W. D. Howells
- But she was—exaggerated—too intelligent—too babyish—too brilliant—too everything.
- Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane
- Lady Helen says you are the most babyish creature she has ever come across in her life.
- Extract from : « Wild Heather » by L. T. Meade
- He kept trying to get her to come in, and she pretended to be babyish and wouldnt.
- Extract from : « The Celebrity at Home » by Violet Hunt
- Only you're silly, and obstinate, babyish and silly and obstinate.
- Extract from : « Aaron's Rod » by D. H. Lawrence
- He was so tickled by her babyish remorse that he made her say it again.
- Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
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