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   In·fan·cy

   /ˈinfənsē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the state or period of early childhood or babyhood: "a son who died in infancy" Similar babyhoodearly childhoodone's early yearsone's early daysOpposite old age
   • ▪ the early stage in the development or growth of something: "opinion polls were in their infancy" Similar beginningsvery beginningsearly daysearly stagesseedsrootsstartlaunchdebutriseemergenceoutsetonsetdawndawningbirthcradleinceptionconceptiongenesisformal:commencementOpposite end
   • ▪ the condition of being a minor.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin infantia ‘childhood, inability to speak’, from infans, infant- (see infant).

   Scrabble Points: 15

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