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▪ I. † ˈbabish, v. Obs.
Also 5–6 babysh(e.
[? f. OF. baubiss- lengthened stem of baubir to mock, ridicule; cf. babuse, babuise, mockery. Perhaps influenced in use by babish adj.]
To scoff at, scorn; to treat with contempt as mere children.
c1460Townley Myst. 78 Josephe. Thay excusyd hir thus sothly..And babyshed me that was old. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John vii, The Phariseis had babished the simple people with fained and colde religion. 1549Olde Erasm. Par. 1 Tim. ii. 15 We do not thus babyshe woman⁓kynde, as thoughe we woulde exclude them from..saluation. [Cf. Sc. ‘Babbis, To scoff, to gibe; to browbeat.’ Jam.]
▪ II. babish, a. arch.|ˈbeɪbɪʃ|
[f. babe + -ish.]
1. Of or befitting a babe; infantile, baby-like.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 593/2 Their deedes..verye babishe and veniall. c1670Bunyan Conf. Faith Wks. 72 The actors herein have been counted babish Christians. 1855Singleton Virgil II. 459 Her babish darts From tender hand she flung.
2. contemptuously, Babyish, childish, silly.
1553–87Foxe A. & M. 1173/1 You babishe infantes and noddies. 1653S. Fisher Baby Bapt. To Rdr. 2 Empty Answers, absolute Absurdities, Babish Baflings. 1775Ash, Babish, childish, trifling. |