Chapter Inexhaustedly to Infangthef of I by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

1. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.

The babe yet lies in smiling infancy.

Milton.

Their love in early infancy began.

Dryden.

2. The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.

The infancy and the grandeur of Rome.

Arbuthnot.

3. (Law) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.

Infandous
(In*fan"dous) a. [L. infandus; pref. in- not + fari to speak.] Too odious to be expressed or mentioned. [Obs.] Howell.

Infangthef
(In*fang"thef) n. [AS. in-fangen- þeóf; in in, into + fangen taken (p. p. of fon to take) + þeóf thief.] (O. Eng. Law) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. Cowell.