babehood en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe English babe Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English babehood From babe + -hood.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Babyhood.
There was grave doubt whether her fragile bud of babehood would resist the cold chill of that wintry world into which it had been prematurely ushered
1882, Maria Wilkin, The Shackles of an Old Love:
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(informal, uncountable) The quality of being a babe (attractive woman)
Despite the whole Yummy Mummy trend, I think a lot of women still put their babehood — the flamboyant, sexy, out-in-the-world side of themselves—under wraps when they get married and have kids and move to the suburbs.
2010, Pamela Redmond, Babes in Captivity: