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Meaning of infantia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[ĩːˈfan.ti.a]

Definitions

  1. inability to speak, muteness, speechlessness; want of eloquence, ineloquence
    declension-1
  2. infancy, early childhood; the young, children
    declension-1
  3. childishness
    declension-1

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Examples

“usquequō, parvulī, dīligitis īnfantiam, et stultī ea quæ sibi sunt noxia cupient, et imprūdentēs odībunt scientiam”

O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge? (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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