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infancy [ˈɪnfənsɪ] n pl -cies
1. the state or period of being an infant; childhood 2. an early stage of growth or development 3. infants collectively 4. (Law) the period of life prior to attaining legal majority (reached at 21 under common law, at 18 by statute); minority nonage ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
infancy noun 1. early childhood, babyhood the development of the mind from infancy onwards 2. beginnings, start, birth, roots, seeds, origins, dawn, early stages, emergence, outset, cradle, inception the infancy of the electronic revolution beginnings end, close, death, finish, conclusion, termination, expiration Quotations "Heaven lies about us in our infancy" [William Wordsworth Intimations of Immortality] Translations infancy n → frühe Kindheit, Kindesalter nt; (Jur) → Minderjährigkeit f; (fig) → Anfangsstadium nt; in early infancy → in frühester Kindheit; when radio was still in its infancy → als das Radio noch in den Kinderschuhen steckte; data processing is no longer in its infancy → die Datenverarbeitung steckt nicht mehr in den Kinderschuhen or ist den Kinderschuhen entwachsen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. It will end in our going to the New World, and trying Society in its infancy, among the forests and the plains. They swim from their infancy like frogs, and are able to continue long under water, where they often take fish, which the females carry home to their young. |
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