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infantine, a.|ˈɪnfəntaɪn|
[a. F. infantin, -ine (Cotgr. 1611), var. of enfantin, -ine (12–13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.): see infant n.1 and -ine1.]
= infantile 1.
1603Florio Montaigne i. xi. (1632) 20 A demy-God..with an infantine face, yet fraught with an aged-like wisedome. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. i. viii, These infantine beginnings gently bear. 1757Burke Abridgem. Eng. Hist. ii. iii. (R.), A degree of credulity next to infantine. 1818Shelley Rev. Islam ii. xxii, What wert thou then? A child most infantine [rime divine]. ― Euganean Hills 322 Autumn's evening meets me soon, Leading the infantine moon. 1862Carlyle Fredk. Gt. ix. vii. (1872) III. 132 The countenance..is so innocent and infantine, you would think this head belonged to a child of twelve. 1871Browning Pr. Hohenst. 1848 Genius has somewhat of the infantine: But of the childish, not a touch or taint Except through self-will.
Hence ˈinfantinely adv., in an infantine manner.
1833Mill Lett. (1910) I. 77 A man singularly free..from self-consciousness; simple, graceful, at times almost infantinely playful. |