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Traditional English :: infant
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infantlie.html - n. 1 a a child during the earliest period of its life. b Brit. a schoolchild below the age of seven years. 2 (esp. attrib.) a thing in an early stage of its development. 3 Law a minor; a person under 18. infant mortality death before the age of one. [ME f. OF enfant f. L infans unable to speak (as IN-(1), fans fantis pres. part. of fari speak)] |
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Traditional English :: infanta
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infantlie.html - n. hist. a daughter of the ruling monarch of Spain or Portugal (usu. the eldest daughter who is not heir to the throne). [Sp. & Port., fem. of INFANTE] |
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Traditional English :: infante
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infantlie.html - n.
hist. the second son of the ruling monarch of Spain or Portugal. [Sp. & Port. f. L (as INFANT)] |
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Traditional English :: infanticide
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infantlie.html - n. 1 the killing of an infant soon after birth. 2 the practice of killing newborn infants. 3 a person who kills an infant. infanticidal adj. [F f. LL infanticidium, -cida (as INFANT)] |
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Traditional English :: infantile
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infantlie.html - adj. 1 a like or characteristic of a child. b childish, immature (infantile humour). 2 in its infancy. infantile paralysis poliomyelitis. infantility n. (pl. -ies). [F infantile or L infantilis (as INFANT)] |
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Traditional English :: infantilism
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infantlie.html - n.
1 childish behaviour.
2 Psychol. the persistence of infantile characteristics or behaviour in adult life. |
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