CHILDHOOD

n. Chi!d'hu4d. Gr., ireufiia. Lat., puer i litas, pueritia. Fr., enfance. Ger., Kind he it. It., infanzia, puerizia. Sp., infancia, niiiez, puericia. The state of being a child, of not having arrived at puberty; as distinguished from infancy, the period between the completion of the first dentition and the establishment of puberty. Second c. The period of the childishne of old age. [s. 225]