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Babish

//ˈbeɪb.ɪʃ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like a babe; childish; babyish.

    "Spoons, you know, are to feed us with weak and thin food, even with that which best suiteth with weak stomachs, or with a babish temper."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or treat as babish. obsolete

    "The Pharisees had babished the simple people with fained and colde religion, and had tangled theyr consciences with."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From babe + -ish.

Etymology 2

From babe + -ish.

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