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babyhood|ˈbeɪbɪhʊd| [f. baby n. + -hood; cf. senses of manhood.] a. The period or condition of infancy. b. Babies collectively. c. Babyishness, childish folly.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. 208 Had she not been known to be a female, they would not from babyhood have dressed her as such. 1860C. M. Yonge Stokesley Secret iii. (1880) 262 An affront to all babyhood. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. cxiv. 45 All the malevolence and babyhood of the country rush to display themselves. |