单词 | infantility |
释义 | infantilityn. The fact or quality of being infantile. Also, an instance of infantile behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > state, quality, or fact of youthhood971 youtha1100 youthheadc1220 youngnessc1350 tenderc1400 youthnessc1475 unripenessa1500 youthlikeness1549 youthfulness1587 primeve1619 juvenility1623 infantility1631 youthfullity1763 youthiness1821 underdevelopment1891 vealiness1895 1631 J. Burges Answer Reioyned 544 Christ..knoweth our infantility, and disdained not to speake with vs..after a childlike fashion. 1919 M. K. Bradby Psycho-anal. iii. 31 In these [sc. unreasoned convictions] we shall find his kinship with the primitive and with his own infantility. 1921 Discovery May 133/2 Its chief characteristics [sc. of the ‘Personal Unconscious’] are its infantility and its compensatory character. 1928 Daily Tel. 28 Aug. 5/2 With amazing veracity and power, Tolstoy portrays all that infantility of the Russian race. 1930 A. Huxley Brief Candles 66 He laughed at every naïveté or impertinence she uttered..and..led her on into fresh infantilities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1631 |
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