Synonyms for infantile
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-fuhn-tahyl, -til |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn fənˌtaɪl, -tɪl |
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for infantile
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