Bambino
//bæmˈbinoʊ// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A child or baby, especially a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
"These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers."
- 2 a young child who is just beginning to walk wordnet
Example
More examples"These [spiders] in my office were newborn babies. A hundred scuttering bambinos, each one no bigger than a poppyseed. Too small still for red hourglasses, too small even for red egg timers."
Etymology
From Italian bambino.
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