Definition of Enfant

1. a child [n -S] - See also: child

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfant

enes
enew
enewed
enewing
enews
enface
enfaced
enfaces
enfacing
enfame
enfamish
enfamished
enfamishes
enfamishing
enfancy
enfant (current term)
enfant de coeur
enfant terrible
enfantement
enfants
enfants terribles
enfasten
enfastened
enfastening
enfastens
enfeeble
enfeebled
enfeeblement
enfeeblements
enfeebler

Literary usage of Enfant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1894)
"The fifth revised edition of M. Perez's Les trois premières années de l'enfant, and the third edition of his L'enfant ..."

2. A Musical Motley by Ernest Newman (1919)
"L'enfant PRODIGUE . ~W AM one of those who can just dimly re- I member having seen L'enfant Prodigue JL. in their early youth, but have hardly any memory of ..."

3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"Opinion relative to the demolition of Mr. Carroll's house by Major L'enfant, in laying out the Federal city. December n, 1791. ..."

4. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap, Frank William Bayley, Charles Eliot Goodspeed (1918)
"... 'enfant. A HISTORY of architecture in a work like this must necessarily be exceedingly brief, my object being the progress of the art in our own country ..."

5. Proceedings (1886)
"Eh! bien, allez à l'église vers le soir, et quand il n'y aura plus personne, approchez-vous en toute confiance de l'autel avec votre plus jeune enfant, ..."

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