infantile
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Etymology
Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (“pertaining to an infant”), equivalent to infant + -ile, from īnfāns. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
infantile (comparative more infantile, superlative most infantile)
- Pertaining to infants.
- infantile paralysis
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 9, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.
- Childish; immature.
- Synonyms: juvenile, puerile; see also Thesaurus:childish
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to infants
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childish; immature
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “infantile”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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