baby face
Americannoun
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a face having a bland babyish or childish appearance, especially a plump, small-featured face unmarked by characteristic lines.
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a person having such a face.
noun
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a smooth round face like a baby's
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a person with such a face
Other Word Forms
- baby-faced adjective
Etymology
Origin of baby face
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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Maybe time had to work its magic to find a place where the baby face ended and the smolder began; they could not exist as one, though he certainly gave it the college try.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2025
In 2020 she received baby face collagen injections - designed to make the face appear more plump - from an unlicensed clinic opened by a close friend.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
We learn that Babbitt, citizen of Zenith, “a mid-size, middlebrow city in the middle of America,” is not fat but extremely well fed, with a baby face marked by wrinkles.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
“He’s got the baby face and the young grin and the cool hairdo, you know he’s young, but he’s very mature beyond his years and he knows what’s going on out there,” Richardson said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023
Euergetes’ baby face belied an intellect capable of heartbreaking deception.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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