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Word entry · 9 letters

infantile

Best crossword clue

"Childishly immature"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪnfəntaɪl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aefiilnntStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. indicating a lack of maturity

Word origin

Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (“pertaining to an infant”), equivalent to infant + -ile, from īnfāns. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.

Used in a sentence

  • infantile paralysis
  • They and the old North London tanks at Richmond long ago were the first engines on which my infantile eyes rested, be it said with an admiration that the years have never dimmed.
  • Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.

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