babyhood

From baby +‎ -hood.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪbihʊd/

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babyhood (countable and uncountable, plural babyhoods)

1. The state or period of infancy.
   • 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 129:

     Radulph hid his face in his hands and for the first time since babyhood, prayed […]

• babyship

• infanthood