baby of the family vs little

baby of the family

noun
  • The youngest member of an immediate family. 

  • A member of an immediate family who behaves as, or is treated as though they were the youngest member of a family. 

  • An adult member of an immediate family who is treated by others in the family, especially the parents, as though they were a child. 

little

noun
  • A child; particularly an infant. 

  • One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state. 

  • A small amount. 

  • A newly initiated member of a sorority, who is mentored by a big. 

  • The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role. 

adj
  • Operating on a small scale. 

  • Very young. 

  • Short in duration; brief. 

  • To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign. 

  • Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous. 

  • Younger. 

  • Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place. 

  • Having few members. 

  • Small in size. 

  • Insignificant, trivial. 

  • Used to belittle a person. 

pron
  • Not much; not a large amount. 

det
  • Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of). 

adv
  • Not at all. 

  • Not much. 

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