Meanings
- informaluncountableThe period of time for which one wears a diaper as a child; babyhood.
...all this despite the fact that I was born and raised in the same Peninsula and had been trout fishing avidly almost from diaperhood.
1992, John Voelker, Trout Magic2 more examples
... "Baby's Eyes" ... "Mud-Pie Days" ... "Baby Hands" ... "Creep, Baby, Creep" ... "My Mamma Lives Up in the Sky" ... "My Mother's Kiss" ... It was the diaperhood of the Alley — a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children set to children's music.
1930, Isaac Goldberg, Tin Pan AlleyOf those teenagers who are insured and who continue to see a primary-care doctor, a vast majority remain with the pediatricians or family doctors who have cared for them since diaperhood.
2007 April 24, Jan Hoffman, “Treating the Awkward Years”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Danish blealder
- blealderperiod of wearing diapers
Dutch luiertijd, babytijd
- luiertijdperiod of wearing diapers
- babytijdperiod of wearing diapers
Esperanto vindotukaĝo
- vindotukaĝoperiod of wearing diapers
Finnish vaippaikä
- vaippaikäperiod of wearing diapers
Korean 영아기
- 영아기 (yeong'agi)period of wearing diapers
Norwegian Bokmål bleiealder
- bleiealderperiod of wearing diapers
Russian младе́нчество
- младе́нчество (mladénčestvo)period of wearing diapers
Swedish blöjålder
- blöjålderperiod of wearing diapers
Cite this entry
diaperhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diaperhood
“diaperhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diaperhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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