Associations to the word «Infancy»

Wiktionary

INFANCY, noun. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
INFANCY, noun. The state of being an infant.
INFANCY, noun. An early stage in the development of, eg, some technology.
INFANCY, noun. (law) The state of being a minor.

Dictionary definition

INFANCY, noun. The early stage of growth or development.
INFANCY, noun. The earliest state of immaturity.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne