infantile
pronunciation
How to pronounce infantile in British English:
UK [ˈɪnfəntaɪl]
How to pronounce infantile in American English:
US [ˈɪnfənˌtaɪl, -tɪl]
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- Adjective:
- indicating a lack of maturity
- of or relating to infants or infancy
- being or befitting or characteristic of an infant
Word Origin
- infantile (adj.)
- mid-15c., "pertaining to infants," from Latin infantilis "pertaining to an infant," from infans (see infant). Sense of "infant-like" is from 1772.
Example
- 1. Is there a way to remedy this infantile behaviour ?
- 2. That is infantile and selfish .
- 3. Each time , the marketing pushes to become less uptight , more infantile more teenage boy .
- 4. Typing of infantile body surface congenital vascular diseases with color doppler ultrasonography .
- 5. One seldom hears a blonde say anything worth hearing ; the most they commonly achieve is a specious , baby-like prattling , an infantile artlessness .