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babe

UK/beɪb/ US/ˈbeɪb/ common literary slang

noun

1.

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

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Origin

From Middle English babe, a variant of earlier baban, perhaps from Old English *baba (“boy, child”), from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic *babô, reduplicated variant of *ba-, *bō- (“father, brother, close male relation”).

Phrases

  • babe in arms
  • babe in the wood
  • babe in the woods
  • babe magnet
  • bikini babe
  • Blair's babes
  • booth babe
  • Busby Babe

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