babery

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.

Anagrams

• yabber