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infant definition

in·fant (in′fənt)

noun

  1. a very young child; baby
  2. a person in the state of legal infancy; minor

Etymology: ME infaunt < OFr enfant < L infans (gen. infantis), child < adj., not yet speaking < in-, not + fans, prp. of fari, to speak: see fame

adjective

  1. of or for infants or infancy
  2. in a very early stage

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