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in⋅fant

  [in-fuhnt]
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–noun
1. a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before he or she can walk; baby.
2. Law. a person who is not of full age, esp. one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor.
3. a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice: The new candidate is a political infant.
4. anything in the first stage of existence or progress.
–adjective
5. of or pertaining to infants or infancy: infant years.
6. being in infancy: an infant king.
7. being in the earliest stage: an infant industry.
8. of or pertaining to the legal state of infancy; minor.
Origin:
1350–1400; < L infant- (s. of infāns) small child, lit., one unable to speak, equiv. to in- in- 3 + -fāns, prp. of fārī to speak; r. ME enfaunt < AF < L, as above

Related forms:
in⋅fant⋅hood, noun
in⋅fant⋅like, adjective
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in·fant   (ĭn'fənt)   
n.  

  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.

adj.  

  1. Of or being in infancy.

  2. Intended for infants or young children.

  3. Newly begun or formed: an infant enterprise.


[Middle English, from Old French enfant, from Latin īnfāns, īnfant-, from īnfāns, not able to speak, young : in-, not; see in-1 + fāns, present participle of fārī, to speak; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

infant 
1376, "child during earliest period of life" (sometimes extended to age 7), from L. infantem (nom. infans) "young child, babe in arms," noun use of adj. meaning "not able to speak," from in- "not" + fans, prp. of fari "speak" (see fame). Infanticide first attested 1656. Infanta "daughter of a king of Spain or Portugal" (1601) is from the Sp. and Port. form of the word. Infantile is 1696, "of or pertaining to infants;" sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·fant
Pronunciation: 'in-f&nt
Function: noun
: a person who is not of the age of majority : MINOR —compare ADULT
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·fant
Pronunciation: 'in-f&nt
Function: noun
1 a : a child in the first year of life : BABY b : a child several years of age
2 : a person who is not of full age : MINOR —infant adjective
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infant in·fant (ĭn'fənt)
n.
A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk.

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