infantileadj.

Brit.

/ˈɪnfəntʌɪl/,

/ˈɪnfəntɪl/, U.S.

/ˈɪnfənˌtaɪl/,

/ˈɪnfəntl/

Etymology: < late Latin infāntilis, < infānt-em infant n.¹: compare French infantile (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

a. Of or pertaining to an infant, infants, or infancy; belonging to a person when an infant; existing in its infancy or earliest stage of development.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of

babish1532

infantc1595

infantical1601

infantine1603

infantlya1640

infantile1696

nursling1793

1696 T. Brookhouse Temple Opened 13 All this time, Monarchy was as a Beast in its Infantile State.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. vi. 429 The Fly lies all the Winter in these Balls in it's Infantile-state.

1753 N. Torriano Compendium Obstetricii 5 We are obliged to them for their tender Care of the infantile Age.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 293 Medical men..who are often consulted on infantile diseases.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. x. 260 The interest which his story first impressed upon her infantile imagination.

1864 Spectator 24 Dec. 1476 The rapid growth of infantile literature.

b. Of the character of an infant; infant-like.

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the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > having character of

infantile1772

babyfied1862

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature

green?a1300

rawa1398

indigest1398

unmatured?a1425

unripea1500

unseasonable1515

unbuilded1519

inchoate1534

unripened1561

uncivil1572

unmellowed1573

unmanured1577

unblown1587

ungrown1593

unpolished1594

rudimental1597

rude1600

unsalted1602

unseasoned1602

unlicked1612

embryon1613

unbakeda1616

unbloweda1616

unfledged1615

unmellow1615

sappya1627

embryous1628

unconcocteda1631

unkneaded1633

immature1635

sucking1648

vacuous1651

embryo1659

unelaborate1663

unmature1673

unformed1689

undeveloped1736

infantile1772

uncultivated1796

unelaborated1817

fetal1820

embryotic1823

embryonic1825

embryonary1833

sophomoric1837

seedling1843

rudimentary1851

unwrought1869

juvenescent1875

vealy1890

under-developed1892

1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 117 Consider the infantile state of the first man.

1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims ix. 220 In the savage man, thought is infantile.

2. Geology. Of a landscape: in the earliest stage of the cycle of erosion. Of a land form or feature: characteristic of such a landscape.

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1885 Proc. 33rd Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 429 Just as the surface of the deposit rises above its base-level of erosion..a smooth, unbroken plain is revealed... The smoothness of the surface and the shallow lakes are indeed truly infantile features, retained only during the earliest life of the plain, and soon lost in its further development.

1941 C. A. Cotton Landscape xvii. 191 The theoretical distinction between ‘infantile’ forms developing on a peneplain as it is slowly uplifted and the ‘senile’ forms it exhibited before uplift was first made by Walther Penck.

1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1110/2 Initial or infantile (i.e., uneroded) forms of mountains composed of such materials have indeed had no real existence, because they have been destroyed while relatively slow or intermittent upheaval has been in progress.

Compounds

Special collocations.

infantile mortality n. = infant mortality n. at infant n.¹ Compounds 3.

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1859 W. Moore (title) On infantile mortality, and the establishment of hospitals for sick children.

1901 Daily Chron. 14 Nov. 5/5 In England the term ‘infantile’ mortality applies only to the deaths of children under one year of age.

1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 135 The high birth-rate of the very poor is counterbalanced by a huge infantile-mortality in the slums.

infantile paralysis n. poliomyelitis (which affects chiefly the young).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > poliomyelitis

infantile paralysis1843

poliomyelitis1878

polio1911

1843 Lancet 27 May 301/1 There is a disease of very considerable frequency—I mean infantile paralysis—to which, I think, so much attention has not been given as its importance merits.

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 July 1/2 Twenty-five children died from the epidemic of infantile paralysis..during the 24 hours ending at 6 o'clock tonight.

1955 Sci. News Let. 16 Apr. 242/2 No matter how it is called, poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, or polio for short, it is a scourge that has long been a crippler and killer.

1957 Economist 7 Sept. 847/1 Experience with the Salk vaccine during the past two years has convinced the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis that the enemy is in full retreat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	infantile
释义	infantileadj. Brit. /ˈɪnfəntʌɪl/, /ˈɪnfəntɪl/, U.S. /ˈɪnfənˌtaɪl/, /ˈɪnfəntl/ Etymology: < late Latin infāntilis, < infānt-em infant n.¹: compare French infantile (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. a. Of or pertaining to an infant, infants, or infancy; belonging to a person when an infant; existing in its infancy or earliest stage of development. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of babish1532 infantc1595 infantical1601 infantine1603 infantlya1640 infantile1696 nursling1793 1696 T. Brookhouse Temple Opened 13 All this time, Monarchy was as a Beast in its Infantile State. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. vi. 429 The Fly lies all the Winter in these Balls in it's Infantile-state. 1753 N. Torriano Compendium Obstetricii 5 We are obliged to them for their tender Care of the infantile Age. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 293 Medical men..who are often consulted on infantile diseases. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. x. 260 The interest which his story first impressed upon her infantile imagination. 1864 Spectator 24 Dec. 1476 The rapid growth of infantile literature. b. Of the character of an infant; infant-like. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [adjective] > having character of infantile1772 babyfied1862 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature green?a1300 rawa1398 indigest1398 unmatured?a1425 unripea1500 unseasonable1515 unbuilded1519 inchoate1534 unripened1561 uncivil1572 unmellowed1573 unmanured1577 unblown1587 ungrown1593 unpolished1594 rudimental1597 rude1600 unsalted1602 unseasoned1602 unlicked1612 embryon1613 unbakeda1616 unbloweda1616 unfledged1615 unmellow1615 sappya1627 embryous1628 unconcocteda1631 unkneaded1633 immature1635 sucking1648 vacuous1651 embryo1659 unelaborate1663 unmature1673 unformed1689 undeveloped1736 infantile1772 uncultivated1796 unelaborated1817 fetal1820 embryotic1823 embryonic1825 embryonary1833 sophomoric1837 seedling1843 rudimentary1851 unwrought1869 juvenescent1875 vealy1890 under-developed1892 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 117 Consider the infantile state of the first man. 1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims ix. 220 In the savage man, thought is infantile. 2. Geology. Of a landscape: in the earliest stage of the cycle of erosion. Of a land form or feature: characteristic of such a landscape. ΚΠ 1885 Proc. 33rd Meeting Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 429 Just as the surface of the deposit rises above its base-level of erosion..a smooth, unbroken plain is revealed... The smoothness of the surface and the shallow lakes are indeed truly infantile features, retained only during the earliest life of the plain, and soon lost in its further development. 1941 C. A. Cotton Landscape xvii. 191 The theoretical distinction between ‘infantile’ forms developing on a peneplain as it is slowly uplifted and the ‘senile’ forms it exhibited before uplift was first made by Walther Penck. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 1110/2 Initial or infantile (i.e., uneroded) forms of mountains composed of such materials have indeed had no real existence, because they have been destroyed while relatively slow or intermittent upheaval has been in progress. Compounds Special collocations. infantile mortality n. = infant mortality n. at infant n.¹ Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1859 W. Moore (title) On infantile mortality, and the establishment of hospitals for sick children. 1901 Daily Chron. 14 Nov. 5/5 In England the term ‘infantile’ mortality applies only to the deaths of children under one year of age. 1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 135 The high birth-rate of the very poor is counterbalanced by a huge infantile-mortality in the slums. infantile paralysis n. poliomyelitis (which affects chiefly the young). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > poliomyelitis infantile paralysis1843 poliomyelitis1878 polio1911 1843 Lancet 27 May 301/1 There is a disease of very considerable frequency—I mean infantile paralysis—to which, I think, so much attention has not been given as its importance merits. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 July 1/2 Twenty-five children died from the epidemic of infantile paralysis..during the 24 hours ending at 6 o'clock tonight. 1955 Sci. News Let. 16 Apr. 242/2 No matter how it is called, poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis, or polio for short, it is a scourge that has long been a crippler and killer. 1957 Economist 7 Sept. 847/1 Experience with the Salk vaccine during the past two years has convinced the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis that the enemy is in full retreat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1696
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