Infancy
['ɪnf(ə)nsɪ] or ['ɪnfənsi]
Definition
(noun.) the earliest state of immaturity.
(noun.) the early stage of growth or development.
Checked by Jennie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
(n.) The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.
(n.) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Babyhood, first part of life.[2]. Beginning, commencement, first age, early period of existence.[3]. (Law.) Minority, nonage, pupilage, childhood.
Typist: Vivienne
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The period of our lives when according to Wordsworth 'Heaven lies about us. ' The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
Typist: Susan
Examples
- There is plenty of room yet; for my colony, in spite of its forty years, is only yet in its infancy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- These men had been taught from infancy to revere, almost to worship, the holy places whereon their happy eyes were resting now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- From my infancy I was passionately fond of reading, and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the purchasing of books. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And even though the pernicious drug craving is not created, considerable harm is done to the child, because its body is left weak and non-resistant to diseases of infancy and childhood. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- That was the cot of _my_ infancy; an old egg-box. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition; but how am I sunk! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- You well know, Victor, that our union had been the favourite plan of your parents ever since our infancy. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Why talk of infancy, manhood, and old age? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Are the changes of our body from infancy to old age more regular and certain than those of our mind and conduct? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Thus topples to earth another idol of my infancy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Think you, amidst the shrieks of violated innocence and helpless infancy, I did not feel in every nerve the cry of a fellow being? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- From their infancy, they have been intended for each other. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- So if it were not for adult language, we should not be able to see the import of the babbling impulses of infancy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The animals were in the direct line of his path, but that the child thought little of; he had played round the fetlocks of horses from his infancy. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is yet only in its infancy, and needs a wise ruler to carry it on to ripe fruition. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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