Contextualizebeta

infancy

noun
/ˈɪnfənsi/

Etymology

From Middle English infancie, from Latin īnfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant + -cy.

  1. derived from īnfantia
  2. inherited from infancie

Definitions

  1. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).

  2. The state of being an infant.

  3. An early stage in the development of anything.

    • Space tourism is still in its infancy.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The state of being a minor.

The neighborhood

Derived

infancy gospel, severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for infancy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA