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Antonyms for infantile

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-fuhn-tahyl, -til
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn fənˌtaɪl, -tɪl

Definition of infantile

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis "pertaining to an infant," from infans (see infant). Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.
  • adj babyish
Example sentences :
  • No bitterness, but a divine, infantile gaiety attended the departure.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Infantile paradoxy is, however, very different to senile paradoxy.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • It is infantile paralysis, a disease common with delicate children.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • It is not infantile paralysis, and he can not yet say what 345 it is.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • First that infantile, inexcusable business of the shutters, and now this!
  • Extract from : « The Moon is Green » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • But it is quite certain that the infantile death-rate is extremely high.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • Nothing was important enough to delay attention to an infantile whimper.
  • Extract from : « Rudder Grange » by Frank R. Stockton
  • "I want some money," she says, with a kind of infantile gayety.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • The earlier fate of these infantile members of the boat population is sad.
  • Extract from : « In Eastern Seas » by J. J. Smith
  • Then with infantile persistence he returned to his old love.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for infantile

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