/bab"it/ , n.
1. Irving , 1865-1933, U.S. educator and critic.
2. Milton Byron , born 1916, U.S. composer.
3. ( italics ) a novel (1922) by Sinclair Lewis.
4. ( often l.c. ) a self-satisfied person who conforms readily to conventional, middle-class ideas and ideals, esp. of business and material success; Philistine: from the main character in the novel by Sinclair Lewis.