Definition

the consciously imperfect or altered speech used by adults in speaking to small children
the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk
oversimplified speech or writing

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

baby talk

noun

the consciously imperfect or altered speech used by adults in speaking to small children
the syntactically imperfect speech or phonetically modified forms used by small children learning to talk
oversimplified speech or writing

First Known Use

1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1a