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infantile.

Pertaining to infants.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɪnfəntaɪl/
  1. Pertaining to infants.

    infantile paralysis
  2. Childish; immature.

Where this word comes from

Mid-15th century, "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis (“pertaining to an infant”), equivalent to infant + -ile, from īnfāns. Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.

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