Infancy1. (n.) The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
2. (n.) The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.
3. (n.) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.
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