Definitions for infancy
ˈɪn fən siin·fan·cy

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. infancy, babyhood, early childhood(noun)

   the early stage of growth or development

2. infancy, babyhood(noun)

   the earliest state of immaturity

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. infancy(Noun)

   The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).

2. infancy(Noun)

   The state of being an infant.

3. infancy(Noun)

   An early stage in the development of, eg, some technology.

4. infancy(Noun)

   The state of being a minor.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Infancy(noun)

   the state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood

   Etymology: [L. infantia: cf. F. enfance. See Infant.]

2. Infancy(noun)

   the first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art

   Etymology: [L. infantia: cf. F. enfance. See Infant.]

3. Infancy(noun)

   the state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority

   Etymology: [L. infantia: cf. F. enfance. See Infant.]

How to pronounce infancy?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of infancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of infancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of infancy in a Sentence

1. Rick Edinger:

   We have reached thousands of people for hydrogen and ethanol training, but the oil program is in its infancy, it could take a couple of years to roll out.

2. Dan Barouch:

   All HIV cure approaches in general are in their infancy.

3. Karl Marx:

   Colonial system, public debts, heavy taxes, protection, commercial wars, etc., these offshoots of the period of manufacture swell to gigantic proportions during the period of infancy of large-scale industry. The birth of the latter is celebrated by a vast, Hero-like slaughter of the innocents.

4. A. P. Gouthey:

   If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.

5. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

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