Definition of infant

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< infancy

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in·fant    (nfnt) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.
2. Law A person under the legal age of majority; a minor.

ADJECTIVE:

1. Of or being in infancy.
2. Intended for infants or young children.
3. Newly begun or formed: an infant enterprise.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French enfant, from Latin nfns , nfant-, from nfns, not able to speak, young : in-, not ; see in- ¹ + fns, present participle of fr, to speak; see bh- ² in Indo-European roots

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