infantine
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of infantine
1595–1605; infant + -ine 1, modeled on Middle French enfantin
Example Sentences
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Still, is it possible to write about unimaginable cruelty with the infantine levity of a jigsaw puzzle?
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2019
To hint at an infantine frailty is scandal; Let bygones be bygones—and somebody knows It was bliss such a Baby to dance and to dandle, Your cheeks were so velvet—so rosy your toes.
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane
A little madonna, with almost infantine features, whose breast showed a red heart, pierced with swords, looked at me in a melancholy way from the midst of the branches.
From Annouchka A Tale by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich
That which you call my cause is yet in an infantine state.
From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by Holyoake, George Jacob
I went to the door and knocked—no answer—“Oes neb yn y tŷ?” said I. “Oes!” said an infantine voice.
From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry
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