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babe

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"Infant"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /beɪb/Part of speech nounSorted abbeStarts with BEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word 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”).

Used in a sentence

  • These events came to pass when he was but a babe.
  • Though he possess sweet babes and loving wife, A home of peace by loyal friendships cheered, And love them more than death or happy life,
  • She's a real babe!

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