babyishnessn.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪbɪᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪbiɪʃnᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: babyish adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < babyish adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier babishness n., and also babyism n. 2.

The fact or quality of being babyish; excessive childishness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [noun]

chilcea1200

fauntelte1377

bairnheid?a1513

childishness1539

babishness1557

puerility1576

childnessa1616

puerileness1727

babyhood1748

babyishness1836

immaturity1895

1836 Schoolmaster (Soc. Diffusion Useful Knowl.) I. 44 These are they who laugh at quietness of nature as simpleness and lack of it, and at bashful and blushing modesty as babyishness and ill-breeding.

1899 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 10 548 The aggravation may be pushed still further with accusations of babyishness in quest of a deeper lying and later reaction.

1921 Spectator 30 Apr. 543/2 The dialogue and story, now innocent to babyishness, now full of insight and high poetry.

1943 D. Welch Jrnl. 3 July (1952) 80 ‘I can't,’ Ginger said with assumed babyishness, quavering.

2003 S. Brett Murder in Museum i. 7 Graham Chadleigh-Bewes had one of those faces whose babyishness is only accentuated by the advance of wrinkles and the retreat of hair.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	babyishness
释义	babyishnessn. Brit. /ˈbeɪbɪᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbeɪbiɪʃnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: babyish adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < babyish adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier babishness n., and also babyism n. 2. The fact or quality of being babyish; excessive childishness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [noun] chilcea1200 fauntelte1377 bairnheid?a1513 childishness1539 babishness1557 puerility1576 childnessa1616 puerileness1727 babyhood1748 babyishness1836 immaturity1895 1836 Schoolmaster (Soc. Diffusion Useful Knowl.) I. 44 These are they who laugh at quietness of nature as simpleness and lack of it, and at bashful and blushing modesty as babyishness and ill-breeding. 1899 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 10 548 The aggravation may be pushed still further with accusations of babyishness in quest of a deeper lying and later reaction. 1921 Spectator 30 Apr. 543/2 The dialogue and story, now innocent to babyishness, now full of insight and high poetry. 1943 D. Welch Jrnl. 3 July (1952) 80 ‘I can't,’ Ginger said with assumed babyishness, quavering. 2003 S. Brett Murder in Museum i. 7 Graham Chadleigh-Bewes had one of those faces whose babyishness is only accentuated by the advance of wrinkles and the retreat of hair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1836
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