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单词 grandbabe
释义

grandbaben.

Brit. /ˈɡran(d)beɪb/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌbeɪb/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grand adj., babe n.
Etymology: < grand adj. + babe n., after grandchild n. Compare later grandbaby n., grandkid n.
A grandchild, esp. an infant; = grandbaby n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandchild > [noun]
oy1488
grandchild1569
grandbairn1689
grandling1751
grandbabe1789
mokopuna1824
grandbaby1830
grandwean1877
grandkid1895
grand1922
1789 H. Walpole Let. 28 Oct. (1859) IX. 117 The Churchills are in town, tending Mrs. Walpole, and expecting another grandbabe.
1840 C. Matthews Politicians iv. iv. 80 How in their cradles will your grand-babes thrill.
1888 A. P. Martin in D. B. W. Sladen Austral. Poets 1788–1888 367 There, but for the hand of God, Her grand-babes would have climbed her knee.
1940 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 31 Oct. 29/1 We have pictured mother as coming into her children's houses to bless them and the little grandbabes about her knees.
2003 Catholic New Times 20 Apr. 16 There is an unforgettable scene of the ‘judges’ arriving, grandbabes in tow, on a motorized bicycle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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