infancies

Variant of infancy

infancy definition

in·fancy (in′fən sē)

noun pl. infancies -·cies

  1. the state or period of being an infant; babyhood; very early childhood
  2. the beginning or earliest stage of anything
  3. Law the state or period of being a minor; period before the age of legal majority, usually eighteen; minority

Etymology: LME < L infantia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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