babyismn.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪbɪɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪbiˌɪzəm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: baby n., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < baby n. + -ism suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier babism n.¹

1. = babyhood n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > babyhood or infancy

milkeOE

barnagec1400

infancec1400

infancya1513

babeship1542

babehood1548

cradle1555

cradle-hood1599

baby agea1617

biggin1616

babyship1617

dentity1638

babyhood1748

babyism1798

paphood1837

babydom1853

infanthood1862

infantage1866

tottledom1889

toddlerhood1917

1798 M. Hays Appeal to Men Great Brit. 97 They would behold with astonishment and indignation, the arts which had been employed, to keep them in a state of perpetual babyism.

1825 R. Mudie Babylon Great II. ix. 224 If the wisdom and sentiment of the ‘London’..are exactly correspondent to those of the age which produces them, that age must contain no intermediate state between babyism and dotage.

1836 J. Downes Mt. Decameron II. 232 Alas for the babyism of man, this thing of yesterday.

1872 H. Templer Labour of Love under Red Cross xxvii. 215 I suppose he had only heard of children cutting teeth, and knew he had long past that stage of babyism.

1906 K. A. E. Warburton Old Soho Days 67 The little ones, those who are past the period of abject babyism come to the nursery rejoicing.

1993 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. 3 I had reverted to total babyism. I couldn't walk. I couldn't talk.

2. Babyishness. Also: a babyish act, utterance, etc.

ΘΚΠ

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

childhoodc1330

childhead1340

puerilityc1475

boytry?1542

childishness1587

babism1610

youthfullity1763

babyism1806

baby act1865

1806 W. Taylor in Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. 6 282 The bluntness of his diary is more tolerable than the babyism of Mr. R.'s. remarks.

1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 599 Wordsworth..descends to such babyisms.

1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 280 The solemn littlenesses of Lord John Russell and the babyisms of Lord Morpeth.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 79 Babyisms, and dear diminutives.

1934 Amer. Speech 9 71/1 Whelp for either whelk or welt is a babyism.

1961 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 14 May 8/1 At times the kid's babyism so irked his teammates that they hardly spoke to him.

1988 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 12 Feb. This bit of Broadway babyism is a preamble to two other award-winning set pieces.

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

单词	babyism
释义	babyismn. Brit. /ˈbeɪbɪɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈbeɪbiˌɪzəm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: baby n., -ism suffix. Etymology: < baby n. + -ism suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier babism n.¹ 1. = babyhood n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > babyhood or infancy milkeOE barnagec1400 infancec1400 infancya1513 babeship1542 babehood1548 cradle1555 cradle-hood1599 baby agea1617 biggin1616 babyship1617 dentity1638 babyhood1748 babyism1798 paphood1837 babydom1853 infanthood1862 infantage1866 tottledom1889 toddlerhood1917 1798 M. Hays Appeal to Men Great Brit. 97 They would behold with astonishment and indignation, the arts which had been employed, to keep them in a state of perpetual babyism. 1825 R. Mudie Babylon Great II. ix. 224 If the wisdom and sentiment of the ‘London’..are exactly correspondent to those of the age which produces them, that age must contain no intermediate state between babyism and dotage. 1836 J. Downes Mt. Decameron II. 232 Alas for the babyism of man, this thing of yesterday. 1872 H. Templer Labour of Love under Red Cross xxvii. 215 I suppose he had only heard of children cutting teeth, and knew he had long past that stage of babyism. 1906 K. A. E. Warburton Old Soho Days 67 The little ones, those who are past the period of abject babyism come to the nursery rejoicing. 1993 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 14 Nov. 3 I had reverted to total babyism. I couldn't walk. I couldn't talk. 2. Babyishness. Also: a babyish act, utterance, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [noun] > instance of childhoodc1330 childhead1340 puerilityc1475 boytry?1542 childishness1587 babism1610 youthfullity1763 babyism1806 baby act1865 1806 W. Taylor in Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. 6 282 The bluntness of his diary is more tolerable than the babyism of Mr. R.'s. remarks. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 599 Wordsworth..descends to such babyisms. 1837 Blackwood's Mag. 41 280 The solemn littlenesses of Lord John Russell and the babyisms of Lord Morpeth. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 79 Babyisms, and dear diminutives. 1934 Amer. Speech 9 71/1 Whelp for either whelk or welt is a babyism. 1961 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 14 May 8/1 At times the kid's babyism so irked his teammates that they hardly spoke to him. 1988 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 12 Feb. This bit of Broadway babyism is a preamble to two other award-winning set pieces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1798
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