infantine

[ in-fuhn-tahyn, -tin ]

adjective

1. infantile.

Word History and Origins

Origin of infantine¹

1595–1605; infant + -ine ¹, modeled on Middle French enfantin

Example Sentences

"I don't remember," said the culprit, knitting his brows in infantine thought.

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His temper was unalterably sweet, and every thought of his breast was laid open to the world with an almost infantine artlessness.

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The bedroom in which Caleb had died was, indeed, long held sacred by infantine superstition.

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It took him past the cottage in which the new Avice was born, from whose precincts he had heard her first infantine cry.

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And, with an infantine confidence she took his hand, as a child does that of a grown-up person;—so they walked on together.

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Related Words

• childlike
• foolish
• naive
• youthful