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 is while its brain is infantine and tender, and its nature restless and altogether sensitive.

From Household Education by Martineau, Harriet

My mother, meanwhile, sat near us on a stone bench, and the old pilgrim stood behind her, contemplating with mild gravity our infantine employments.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

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)