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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

infantileness en · NOUN

Etymology

From infantile + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being infantile.
    • But it was not the sadness, nor indeed, strictly speaking, the infantileness of the face of Isabel which so singularly impressed him with the idea of her original and changeless youthfulness. 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities: