- infantine
- adjective Date: 1603 infantile, childish
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Infantine — In fan*tine (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. enfantin.] Infantile; childish. [1913 Webster] A degree of credulity next infantine. Burke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
infantine — index jejune (lacking maturity), juvenile, puerile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
infantine — [in′fən tīn΄; ] also [, in′fəntēn΄, in′fəntin] adj. [Fr infantin, enfantin] var. of INFANTILE … English World dictionary
infantine — ˈinfən.ˌtīn, tēn adjective Etymology: French infantin, from Middle French, alteration (influenced by Latin infant , infans infant) of enfantin, from Old French, from enfant infant + in ine more at infant : infantile infantine wailing … Useful english dictionary
infantine — /in feuhn tuyn , tin/, adj. infantile. [1595 1605; INFANT + INE1, modeled on MF enfantin] * * * … Universalium
infantine — adjective Infantile; childish … Wiktionary
infantine — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of or like a baby: babyish, cherubic, childlike, infantile. See YOUTH … English dictionary for students
infantine — adj. childish, immature, infantile … English contemporary dictionary
infantine — [ ɪnf(ə)ntʌɪn] adjective archaic term for infantile … English new terms dictionary
infantine — a. See infantile … New dictionary of synonyms
