Reverse Dictionary: INFANT

ADJECTIVES
► INFANTILE pert. to an infant → 1696
► SMALL-FOR-DATES of a newborn infant: having a weight or other measurement less than expected at the presumed gestational age → 1961
► VAGIENT of infants: crying, squalling, wailing → 1628 obs.

NOUNS
► CRÈCHE a day nursery for infants or young children → 1846
► FONTANELLE a membranous gap between the bones of the skull in infants and young children, which close by ossification in early childhood → 1598
► INFANTICIDE 1. the killing of infants, especially the custom of killing newborn infants, which was common in the ancient world → 1656
2. the crime of murdering an infant after its birth, perpetrated by or with the consent of its parents → 1780
► INFANTOCRACY the rule of an infant → 1850
► INFANTOLATRY infant worship → 1882
► NEONATICIDE the killing of a recently born infant, especially one less than twenty-four hours old → 1969
► OPEN OF THE HEAD the anterior fontanelle in the skull of an infant → 1200 obs.
► TATTLING meaningless or incoherent speech by an infant; baby talk → 1481 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BAB an infant → 1868 Eng. dial.
► BABAN an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet → c1230 obs.
► BABBER a baby or infant → 2003 UK sl.
► BABBON an infant, a young child; a doll, a puppet → 1570 obs.
► BABE an infant; a young child → 1393
► BABE IN ARMS a very young child, not yet able to walk; a baby; an infant → 1731
► BABELET a tiny babe; an infant; also, a term of endearment → 1856
► BABY an infant; a young child of either sex; formerly synonymous with ‘child’ → 1377
► BANTLIN ► BANTLING a young or small child; an infant; a brat; often used depreciatively, formerly used as a synonym of ‘bastard’, an illegitimate child → 1593 
► BRATLING a little brat, an infant → 1652
► FANT ► FAUNT an infant, a child, a young person → 1382 obs.
► FAUNTEKIN a little child, an infant → 1377 obs.
► FAUNTELET a little child, an infant → 1393 obs.
► FLOSCULET an infant → 1648 obs.
► FOUNDLING a deserted infant whose parents are unknown → 1300
► GAITLING a young child; an infant → c1700 Sc.
► GITTSEY a term of endearment to an infant or baby → 1887 Eng. dial.
► GITTY a term of endearment to an infant → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GORB an infant → 1824 Eng. dial.
► HOPPET an infant in arms → 1695 N. Eng. dial.
► HOUSE APE a small child; an infant → 1980s Amer. sl.
► INFANTRY infants → 1679 US
► KEB any creature small of its kind, esp. an infant → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LEG-BITER a small child or infant → 1980s US students’ sl.
► MAID a female infant → 1653 Eng. dial. obs.
► MAIDEN a female infant → a1000 obs.
► MANITOODLIE a pet name for a small boy, a toddler → 1824 Sc.
► MILKSOP an infant still on a milk diet → 1500 obs.
► MURLY-FIKES a term of endearment for an infant → 19C Sc.
► NEONATE a human infant less than four weeks old → 1925
► NESTLING a young child or infant
► NURSLING an infant that is being breastfed → 1605
► PAP-HAWK a breastfed infant → 1475 obs.
► PARRICH a term of endearment for an infant or a young child → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PUP-BARN a young child, an infant → 1475 obs.
► SHITTY-BRITCHES an infant or child → 1930s US sl.
► SNAPPER an infant → 2003 Ireland sl.
► SPROUT a child, esp. an infant → 1934 US sl.
► SUCKLER an unweaned infant → 1473
► SUCKLING an infant that is at the breast or is unweaned → 1440
► SUPERBABE a highly intelligent or advanced infant → 1947
► TEENY a small child, an infant → 1931 colloq.
► TINY a very small child; a tiny one; an infant → 1797
► TITTY BABY a nursing infant → 1973 Amer. dial.
► TITTY CHILD a nursing infant → 1973 Amer. dial.
► TODDLE a toddling child, an infant → 1825
► TODDLEKINS a toddling child, an infant → 1879
► TODDLES a toddling child, an infant → 1825
► TODDLESKIN a toddling child, an infant → 1890
► URCHIN a child or infant → 1556 obs.
► WEE MACWHACHLE a toddling infant → 1960 Sc. jocular usage
► YARD RAT an infant or small child → 1960s US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► BABY-TENDER a person who takes care of an infant → 1845
► INFANTICIDE a person who kills an infant → 1680

VERBS
► BLABBER to make sounds with the lips and tongue as an infant → 1362 obs.
► COO of an infant: to make a sound like that of a dove → 1736
► CROW to utter the joyful cry of an infant → 1589
► CRUISE of an infant: to walk while holding on to furniture or other stationary objects for stability → 1928
► INFANTILIZE to treat a person like an infant or young child → 1931
► MARR of an infant: to make a cooing sound → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MEWL of an infant: to cry feebly, to whimper → 1530
► SPANE to wean an infant → 1340 Sc. & Eng. dial.