infantileness

English

Etymology

From infantile +‎ -ness.

Noun

infantileness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being infantile.
   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:

     But it was not the sadness, nor indeed, strictly speaking, the infantileness of the face of Isabel which so singularly impressed him with the idea of her original and changeless youthfulness.