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Synonyms for infancy


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-fuh n-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn fən si



Définition of infancy

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French enfaunce and directly from Latin infantia "early childhood," literally "inability to speak," from infantem (see infant).
  • noun babyhood
Example sentences :
  • What then have you done with the sums given you from infancy to squander?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I never, for my part, loved any creature, as I loved you from your infancy till now.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • He showed me their power and made me feel it was still but in its infancy.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Their use was in its infancy, and their character was primitive.
  • Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
  • But this is not enough, for these phenomena commence in infancy.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • In the infancy of these establishments, their only market was at Williamsburg.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • Her mother died when she was in infancy, and she was only thirteen when she lost her father also.
  • Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
  • By Precept and Example they ought to be encourag'd to it from their Infancy.
  • Extract from : « A Letter to Dion » by Bernard Mandeville
  • Obed Taylor received a message from his brother Daniel who had died in infancy.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Antonyms for infancy

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