babery

English

Etymology

Perhaps originally for baboonery. Compare baboon, and also babe.

Noun

babery (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Finery of a kind to please a child.
    • Sir Philip Sidney
      So have I seen trim books in velvet dight,
      With golden leaves, and painted babery
      Of silly boys, please unacquainted sight.

References
  • babery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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