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infantile

  • /ˈɪnfəntaɪl/

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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.

adjective more infantile · most infantile

  1. Pertaining to infants. infantile paralysis
  2. Childish; immature.

    Similar: juvenile, puerile, babish, babyish, bairnish, childish, dootsie, hissy, lactifluous, infantile, infantine, immature

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adj pertaining to infants

Españolinfantil, pueril
Françaisinfantile
Deutschinfantil, kindisch, albern
Italianoinfantile
עבריתילדותי yalduti

adj childish; immature

Españolinfantil, pueril, aniñado
Françaisinfantile
Italianoinfantile, puerile
עבריתילדותי yalduti, אינפנטילי infantili

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"infantile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/infantile. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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infantile. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/infantile

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"infantile." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/infantile.

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@misc{infantile_2026,
  title = {infantile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/infantile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}