Infant
21infant — Occasionally used as a variant of child, baby, etc. It occurs twice in a friendly way in Absolute Beginners, by Colin MacInnes, used by a young man to a slightly younger male. There is a very similar usage in The Late Risers, by Bernard Wolfe …
22infant — in|fant1 W3 [ˈınfənt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: enfant, from Latin infans, from infans unable to speak , from fari to speak ] 1.) formal a baby or very young child ▪ An infant s skin is very sensitive. →↑Sudden …
23infant — I UK [ˈɪnfənt] / US noun Word forms infant : singular infant plural infants ** 1) a) [countable] formal a baby, or a very young child Infants and elderly people are particularly at risk. b) [only before noun] involving or relating to an infant… …
24infant — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ young ▪ He is studying hearing in very young infants. ▪ month old, two month old, etc. ▪ newborn ▪ …
25infant — n. 1) to nurse, suckle; wean an infant 2) a newborn; premature infant 3) (misc.) infant mortality (see also baby7 11,13) * * * [ ɪnfənt] premature infant suckle wean an infant a new born to nurse (misc.) infant mortality (see also baby 7 11,13) …
26infant — infanthood, n. infantlike, adj. /in feuhnt/, n. 1. a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before he or she can walk; baby. 2. Law. a person who is not of full age, esp. one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor. 3. a… …
27infant — in|fant1 [ ınfənt ] noun count FORMAL ** a baby or a very young child: Infants and elderly people are particularly at risk. a. only before noun involving or relating to an infant: infant care/behavior b. infant son/daughter a baby son or daughter …
28Infant — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Infant >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 infant infant babe baby babe in arms Sgm: N 1 nurseling nurseling suckling yearling weanling Sgm: N 1 papoose papoose bambino Sgm …
29infant — 1 noun (C) 1 literary or technical a very young child or baby: The infant, cradled in Miriam s arms, began to cry. 2 infants (plural) children in school in Britain between the ages of four and eight 3 infant school/teacher/class etc a school etc… …
30infant — /ˈɪnfənt / (say infuhnt) noun 1. a baby. 2. a child during the earliest period of its life. 3. Law a person who is not of full age, especially one who has not attained the age of eighteen years. 4. a beginner, as in learning. 5. anything in the… …
