babish

adj
/ˈbeɪb.ɪʃ/

Etymology

From babe + -ish.

  1. inherited from *babô
  2. inherited from *babō
  3. inherited from *baba — “boy, child
  4. inherited from babe
  5. suffixed as babish — “babe + ish

Definitions

  1. Like a babe

    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.
    • For, if a young gentleman be demure and still of mature, they say he is simple and lacketh wit; if he be bashful, and will soon blush, they call him a babish and ill brought up thing;
    • The rot of schools Of medieval time Is Christmas, a pleasing mime To babish minds, Its tinsel blinds The eyes of Thought, 'Tis rot, rot, all rot; And not for me !
  2. To make or treat as babish.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for babish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA