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babe (iou)



babe noun. . LME.
[Prob. a contraction of an imit. form derived from childish utterance, similar to mama, papa: cf. Middle English baban.]
A young child, a baby. Chiefly biblical & arch. LME.
babe in arms a newborn baby. babe of clouts: see CLOUT noun1 4. milk for babes: see MILK noun 3a.
A childish, inexperienced, or guileless person. E16.
babe in Christ a person newly converted to Christianity. babes in the wood [with ref. to the old ballad The Children in the Wood] inexperienced persons.
= BABY noun 2. M-L16.
A girl or woman (freq. as a form of address). slang (chiefly N. Amer.). E20.