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

This infantine note be-132-longs to the cloister and the pulpit.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

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

With such infantine graces as a total want of observation, memory, understanding, and interest, and an eternal disposition to fall asleep over the fire and into it, Mr. Smallweed’s grandmother has undoubtedly brightened the family.

From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)