infancy

[InĀ·fan*cy]

Infancy is the earliest part of a person's life, when they're a baby. It's extremely rare for anyone to remember their own infancy.

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The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.

Noun
the earliest state of immaturity

Noun
the early stage of growth or development


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.


Infancy

In"fan*cy , n. [L. infantia: cf. F. enfance. See Infant.] 1. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
The babe yet lies in smiling infancy.
Their love in early infancy began.
2. The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.
The infancy and the grandeur of Rome.
3. (Law) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.

The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.

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Usage Examples

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

As an American, you have a right to good health care that is effective, accessible, and affordable, that serves you from infancy through old age, that allows you to go to practitioners and facilities of your choosing, and that offers a broad range of therapeutic options.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

I have been blessed in many ways, and one of those is to have been born in Africa, for me a great treasure house of stories. I have been researching it since my infancy reading about it, talking to men and women who have spent their lives in this land, living it as I have and loving it as I do. I write almost entirely from my own experience.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.

Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.

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