babble-word

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Noun

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babble-word (plural babble-words)

  1. Alternative form of babble word
    • 1986, Nils Århammar, Aspects of Language: Geolinguistics, →ISBN, page 345:
      [] weakens the impression that only the female personal name is the source for this word type, by taking into account the wide-spread babble-word ("Lallwort") bab, that might be connected to M. Engl. babe, New Engl. baby []