babyhood

babyhood: baby ► NOUN (pl. babies) 1) a child or animal that is newly or recently born. 2) a timid or childish person. 3) informal a person with whom one is having a romantic relationship. 4) (one's baby) one's particular responsibility, achievement, or concern.

► ADJECTIVE ▪ comparatively small or immature of its kind.

► VERB (babies, babied) ▪ be overprotective towards.

● be left holding the baby — Cf. ↑be left holding the baby

● throw the baby out with the bathwater — Cf. ↑throw the baby out with the bathwater

DERIVATIVES babyhood noun babyish adjective.

ORIGIN probably imitative of an infant's first attempts at speech.

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Babyhood — Ba by*hood, n. The state or period of infancy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
babyhood — [n] period of infancy childhood, diaper days*, infanthood; concept 817 Ant. adolescence, adulthood … New thesaurus
Babyhood — infobox Book name = Babyhood orig title = translator = author = Paul Reiser cover artist = country = United States language = English series = classification = Non Fiction genre = publisher = Avon release date = 1997 media type = Print… … Wikipedia
babyhood — [[t]be͟ɪbihʊd[/t]] N UNCOUNT Your babyhood is the period of your life when you were a baby … English dictionary
babyhood — noun see baby I … New Collegiate Dictionary
babyhood — See baby. * * * … Universalium
babyhood — noun The state or period of infancy … Wiktionary
babyhood — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. infancy, cradle, diaper days*; see childhood … English dictionary for students
babyhood — ba|by|hood [ˈbeıbihud] n [U] the period of time when you are a baby … Dictionary of contemporary English
babyhood — baÂ·byÂ·hood || beÉªbÉªhÊŠd n. infancy, nursery days … English contemporary dictionary

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