Meaning of babish | Babel Free

Definitions

Like a babe; childish; babyish.

Examples

“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 !”

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