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
The creature's name was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart�"Spiteful, sniggering, conceited, infantine Mozart!" as the play's Salieri, his contemporary and rival, calls him.
From Time Magazine Archive
With such infantine graces as a total want of observation, memory, understanding, and interest, and an eternal disposition to fall asleep over the fire and into it, Mr. Smallweed’s grandmother has undoubtedly brightened the family.
From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
Sure, now that they held the necessary document, their task was of the most infantine simplicity.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
His sports, his rambles in the garden, and the demonstrations of infantine pleasure, were sweet to him.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)
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