baby face

noun

plural baby faces
1
: a usually rounded face that gives the impression of extreme youth and innocence
2
professional wrestling : a wrestler who performs the role of the sympathetic protagonist in a staged wrestling match

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Over the course of his monologue, O’Brien affably roasted himself for not having had enough work done, Karla Sofía Gascón for her many offensive tweets, and Timothée Chalamet for his baby face. Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025 Baby Invasion is presented as a hyper-realistic, multiplayer first-person shooter game following a group of mercenaries masking their identity with baby face avatars. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 26 Feb. 2025 What our gifter says: There’s truly nothing cuter than a bunch of baby faces all over socks. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024 When Wilson’s lanky frame and baby face graced the big screen, the room erupted. Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024 Standing way back in the pines on the only hole Augusta National lengthened for this Masters stood a towering man with a baby face and a naive disposition. Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024 Beauty-store barbarian Sephora tweens stampeding through skin-care aisles and slathering their baby faces in retinol? Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024 According to Lucie Greene, a trend forecaster for Light Years, much of our gawking is driven by a primal impulse to search nepo baby faces for recognizable genetic similarities and contrasts with their famous parents, and to praise or shame them accordingly. Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024 And much of the film’s success lies in the vast spectrum of emotions playing across lead actor Mia McKenna-Bruce’s baby face. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1684, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of baby face was circa 1684

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“Baby face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baby%20face. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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