What does "infancy" mean?
Infancy: The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art. The infancy and the grandeur of Rome. Arbuthnot.
Additional senses
- 2.(Law) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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