infantine
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of infantine
1595–1605; infant + -ine 1, modeled on Middle French enfantin
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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
Richard slept undisturbed the sleep of the infantine and just.'
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
Now!—Ah, infantine Gorilla, Every small suburban villa With your rising fame will ring; All the sort of folk who bring Buns unto the prisoned bear, To your cage will come, and stare.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 5, 1887 by Various
Intellectual photography was then in an infantine state.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
And the little figure, the infantine face, assumed a sudden dignity.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
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