INFANT

baby, babe, infant

(noun) a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; “the baby began to cry again”; “she held the baby in her arms”; “it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

infant (plural infants)

A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and/or attention.

• Synonym: baby

(legal) A minor.

(obsolete) A noble or aristocratic youth.

Verb

infant (third-person singular simple present infants, present participle infanting, simple past and past participle infanted)

(obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.

Anagrams

• Fintan

Source: Wiktionary

In"fant, n. Etym: [L. infans; pref. in- not +fari to speak: cf. F. enfant, whence OE. enfaunt. See Fame, and cf. Infante, Infanta.]

1. A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age. And tender cries of infants pierce the ear. C. Pitt.

2. (Law)

Definition: A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor.

Note: An infant under seven years of age is not penally responsible; between seven and fourteen years of age, he may be convicted of a malicious offense if malice be proved. He becomes of age on the day preceding his twenty-first birthday, previous to which time an infant has no capacity to contract.

3. Same as Infante. [Obs.] Spenser.

In"fant, a.

1. Of or pertaining to infancy, or the first period of life; tender; not mature; as, infant strength.

2. Intended for young children; as, an infant school.

In"fant, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. enfanter.]

Definition: To bear or bring forth, as a child; hence, to produce, in general. [Obs.] This worthy motto, "No bishop, no king," is . . . infanted out of the same fears. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition