Ĭn'fan-cy, n.
n. [Lat. infantia, It. infanzia, Sp. & Pg. infancia, Pr. infancia, enfansa, Fr. enfance. See INFANT.] 1. The state of being an infant; the first part of life.
The babe yet lies in smiling infancy. Milton.
Their love in early infancy began. Dryden.
Sense 2. The first age of any thing; the beginning or early period of existence. “The infancy and the grandeur of Rome.” Arbuthnot.
Sense 3. (Law.) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.