American English pronunciation
How to pronounce infancy
IPA transcription: ['ɪnfənsi]
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Noun
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the early stage of growth or development
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the earliest state of immaturity
Usage examples
- Helike nurtured god Zeus in his infancy on Crete.
- Without treatment, it is rapidly fatal in infancy.
- Together they had nine children, three of whom died in infancy.
- Of the four children, only Sarah and Elizabeth survived infancy.
- Three girls and a boy died in infancy.
- They had three children, Philip, Christopher and Margaret - although Christopher died in infancy.
- He encouraged Dall's interest in malacology, a field still in its infancy.
- His younger brother, Ludwik, died in infancy.
- The couple had fifteen children, five of whom died in infancy.
- Milder hypoglycemia in infancy causes hunger every few hours, with increasing jitteriness or lethargy.