infantine
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Still, is it possible to write about unimaginable cruelty with the infantine levity of a jigsaw puzzle?
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2019
And the little figure, the infantine face, assumed a sudden dignity.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
Richard slept undisturbed the sleep of the infantine and just.'
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
A little madonna, with almost infantine features, whose breast showed a red heart, pierced with swords, looked at me in a melancholy way from the midst of the branches.
From Annouchka A Tale by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
I went to the door and knocked—no answer—“Oes neb yn y tŷ?” said I. “Oes!” said an infantine voice.
From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by George Henry Borrow
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