babydom
UK/ˈbeɪbidəm/
babydom noun: the stage of life when a child is considered a baby.
Noun
babydom (usually uncountable, plural babydoms)
- The stage of life when a child is considered a baby.
- Then again, Mama thought I would be marrying Zeb— best friend since babydom—someday, which showed how much she knew.2012, Molly Harper -, Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors
- The 1-year mark is a major milestone, the official transition between babydom and toddlerhood.2013, Parenting Magazine Editors, Parenting Guide to Your Toddler
- The world or realm of babies.
- I wish I could read their mothers a lecture, which would ring in their ears until there was a complete reform in babydom.1856, The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil - Volume 8, page 158
- Babydom is a world separate from ours, and comparatively few amongst us have power to understand baby language, to sympathise with baby thought, and still less to compose works or use language with sufficient merit to meet the approval of baby censorship.1875, The Leisure Hour Monthly Library - Volume 24, page 168
Forms of babydom
| plural | babydoms |
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Origin of babydom
From baby + -dom.
Questions about babydom
- What does babydom mean?
- Babydom means the stage of life when a child is considered a baby.
- What part of speech is babydom?
- Babydom is a noun.
- How do you pronounce babydom?
- Babydom is pronounced /ˈbeɪbidəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of babydom?
- The plural of babydom is babydoms.
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