† ˈbaban, ˈbabbon Obs.
[Origin uncertain: apparently from infantile utterance. (The similar Celtic words are all late; some of them prob. from English.)]
= babe, baby, 1, 2.
| c 1230 Ancr. R. 234 Weope efter him, ase deð þet lutel baban [v.r. barn] efter his moder. 1570 Levins Manip. /163 Babbon, pupus. |