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6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
originInherited from Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak', from īn- (“not”) + fāns, present participle of for (“to speak”). The verb is from Anglo-Norman enfanter, from the same Latin source. Doublet of infante.
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