babyishness
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DeGarmo has a strange mix of babyishness and variety-show maturity--she's Dr. Seuss's Cindy-Lou Who in Kathie Lee Gifford's pantsuit and 3-in. heels--that has led Cowell to liken her to a "pageant contestant."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is nothing but a farce, mere babyishness.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 by Mary Mapes Dodge
Yet, she loved him for not knowing, for his boyishness, his babyishness, his simplicity.
From Mount Music by Martin Ross
Frieda had always been such a funny mixture of babyishness and worldly wisdom.
From The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure by Margaret Vandercook
The babyishness of her round fat face, and her brown eyes looking quite ready to cry, touched Mrs. Fairchild, though it is fair to add that she approved of Alie's checking the child.
From The Rectory Children by Walter Crane
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