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
To look back a moment upon the infantine struggles of these young crusaders in the Holy War is to realize afresh how far the race has travelled since that day.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
During the two years, over which period their travels had extended, her infantine mind had opened considerably; and of that time she preserved many reminiscences.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
Once, while playing with some infantine companions, he desired to reach an article that was considerably above their heads.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney
That which you call my cause is yet in an infantine state.
From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by George Jacob Holyoake