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infancy

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant +? -cy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??nf?nsi/

Noun

infancy (countable and uncountable, plural infancies)

  1. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
  2. The state of being an infant.
  3. (figuratively) An early stage in the development of anything.
    Space tourism is still in its infancy.
  4. (law) The state of being a minor.

Synonyms

(earliest period of childhood):

  • infanthood
  • babyhood

(state of being an infant):

  • babyship

(state of being a minor):

  • infanthood

Translations

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babyhood

English

Etymology

From baby +? -hood.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?be?bih?d/

Noun

babyhood (countable and uncountable, plural babyhoods)

  1. The state or period of infancy.
    • 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, p. 129:
      Radulph hid his face in his hands and for the first time since babyhood, prayed […]

Related terms

  • babyship

Translations

See also

  • infanthood

babyhood From the web:

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  • what does babyhood mean
  • what is babyhood period
  • what does babyhood do
  • what does boyhood mean
  • what do babyhood meaning
  • what does babyhood mean in spanish
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