a face having a bland babyish or childish appearance, especially a plump, small-featured face unmarked by characteristic lines.
a person having such a face.
a smooth round face like a baby's
a person with such a face
First recorded in 1705–15
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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
Mr. Kang, who is soft-spoken with a baby face, joined in 2018 after heading international sales at CJ ENM, a Korean entertainment conglomerate.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023
I scrolled down until I saw it—the most precious little angel baby face I’d ever seen in my entire life.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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