babehood

noun — 2 senses

babehood

noun

Etymology From babe + -hood.

1

Babyhood.

  • There was grave doubt whether her fragile bud of babehood would resist the cold chill of that wintry world into which it had been prematurely ushered1882, Maria Wilkin, The Shackles of an Old Love:
2

Informal The quality of being a babe (attractive woman)

  • Despite the whole Yummy Mummy trend, I think a lot of women still put their babehood — the flamboyant, sexy, out-in-the-world side of themselves—under wraps when they get married and have kids and move to the suburbs.2010, Pamela Redmond, Babes in Captivity:

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