babying

English

Verb

babying

present participle and gerund of baby

Noun

babying (plural babyings)

The act of coddling or pampering somebody.
- 1976, Jean Rikhoff, The sweetwater, page 159:
  She thought that if she had been beautiful instead of so plain then she might have made out better, but the plainness perhaps went the worst against her; it worked together with the babyings from an Indian; […]

Translations

act of coddling or pampering somebody

Esperanto: dorlotado, karesemo
French: cajolerie (fr) f, dorlotement (fr) m, pouponnage (fr) m

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