Sekirov Dictionary

infant

/ˈɪn.fənt/

noun 4
adjective 2
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun4

A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
(UK, Commonwealth) A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.
A minor.
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(no longer used) A noble or aristocratic youth.
- Retourned home, the royall Infant fell / Into her former fitt [...]. — 1590

adjective2

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(UK, Commonwealth) Of or pertaining to the earlier half of primary school education.
- Primary schooling in Ireland comprises two Infant years, which are equivalent to pre-school in other countries , and six grades or classes. — 2019
(figurative) small, being near its source.

verb1

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(no longer used) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
- This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is […] infanted out of the same fears. — 1641

forms

infanted · infanting · infants

Phrases with infant

floppy infant syndrome
Hypotonia.

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