enfantil (c.1136-65)
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enfantil (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 4,659b infans; Gdf: 3,141a enfantil /3,140b enfantel 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,322 enfantif/enfantil; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  enfanteau; TLF: ∅; OED:  infantile adj.; MED:  infantil adj.; DMLBS: 1349b infantilis ]
enfauntil,  fauntel  

a.

1childish: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Lesiez ester icest curage, Trop est enfantil e volage  21646
( MS: s.xiii )  infantilis: enfantil  167
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300? )  Oit un fauntel voiz dedenz le mouster  518
♦tender (age): 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Ne fustes pas enfant ne d’enfantil eé  1391
♦belonging to a child: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: c.1300? )  Oist un enfauntile vois dedens le muster  518
♦of childhood, infantile: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et si l’apele l’en enfantile maladie por ce que enfans ont sovent ceste maladie  i 175
enfantil vie
1childhood: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Li petit en aient veisdie Ki deduient enfantil vie  408
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