infaunt

== English == === Noun === infaunt (plural infaunts) Obsolete form of infant. === Anagrams === antifun == Middle English == === Alternative forms === infant, infante, infaunte enfaunt (after Anglo-Norman enfaunt) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman enfaunt and its etymon Latin īnfāns, īnfantem; thus adoublet of faunt. First attested in c. 1384. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈfa(u̯)nt/, /ˈinfa(u̯)nt/ IPA(key): /ɛnˈfau̯nt/, /ˈɛnfau̯nt/ (after Anglo-Norman enfaunt) === Noun === infaunt (chiefly Late Middle English) baby, infant child, minor ==== Related terms ==== infancie ==== Descendants ==== English: infant ==== References ==== “infaunt(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.