babyish

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   characteristic of a baby

   “babyish tears and petulance”

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Questions about babyish

What does babyish mean?

babyish means "characteristic of a baby".

How many syllables are in babyish?

babyish has 3 syllables: ba-by-ish. The stress falls on "ba". In IPA it is /ˈbeɪbiɪʃ/.

Is babyish a common word?

babyish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.