infant
Plural: infants
Noun
- A very young child or baby.
- a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
- A minor.
- A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.
- A noble or aristocratic youth.
Adj
- Of or pertaining to the earlier half of primary school education.
Verb
- To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
Examples
- Even an INFANT could understand that ’Q’ needed a ’U’ in Scrabble, mostly.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited 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.
Scrabble Score: 9
infant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinfant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
infant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
infant: valid Words With Friends Word