Thesaurus: infancy

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1. n. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
2. n. The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.
3. n. The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.
4. n. the early stage of growth or development
5. n. the earliest state of immaturity
6. 1. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood. The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton. Their love in early infancy began. Dryden. 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. Arbuthnot. 3. (Law) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.
7. The state or condition of one under age, or under the age oftwenty-one years; nonage; minority.
8. n:100 n. the early stage of growth or development n. the earliest state of immaturity