babeletn.
/ˈbeɪblᵻt/, U.S. /ˈbeɪblət/ Now rare.
A tiny baby. Also as a term of endearment.
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childOE
baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
mop1440
chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
1856 National Mag. Nov. 472/1 O babelet, why that tearlet, A gleaming in thy eyelet.
1867 J. MacGregor Rob Roy on Baltic 277 One of these babes carried in her arms a still smaller babelet.
1893 Northern Vindicator (Estherville, Iowa) 6 July The babelet in the incubator..is thriving and growing in his downy resting place.
1910 M. H. Fee Woman's Impressions of Philippines xv. 194 There were twenty-five twinkling, berry-eyed babelets.
1922 Musical Times 63 642/2 A song that becomes quite strenuous at times never yet helped a babelet off to by-byes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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