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Word: Infancy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin infantia ‘childhood, inability to speak’, from infans, infant- (see infant)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɪnf(ə)nsi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the state or period of babyhood or early childhood
Short Definition:state or period of babyhood or early childhood
Examples:- a son who died in infancy
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