infancy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the early stage of growth or development
  2. noun the earliest state of immaturity

Etymology

From Middle English infancie, from Latin īnfantia (“infancy, early childhood; childishness”), equivalent to infant + -cy.

In classic literature

Synonyms

babyhood, early childhood

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