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

The creature's name was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart�"Spiteful, sniggering, conceited, infantine Mozart!" as the play's Salieri, his contemporary and rival, calls him.

From Time Magazine Archive

The idea is an infantine one, possible of entertainment only in the initial state of human knowledge.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

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 Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)

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