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in·fant  audio  (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.

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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