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The French word quenotte is used in "le langage enfantin" or kiddy talk.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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The French word quenotte is used in "le langage enfantin" or kiddy talk.
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The French word quenotte is used in "le langage enfantin" or kiddy talk.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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The French word quenotte is used in "le langage enfantin" or kiddy talk.
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The French word quenotte is used in "le langage enfantin" or kiddy talk.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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That _rire enfantin_, described by Challemel-Lacour, would burst out at the first quick turn of talk, and he would give his whole self, with an almost boyish delight, to the encounter with a nature whose superabundant vitality and delight in life, as in Gambetta's case, equalled his own.
The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Stephen Lucius Gwynn 1907
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Mademoiselle believed the boy _enfantin_ enough to be in the nursery, the nurses that he was in the school-room, and he had not been really missed till bed-time, when each party recriminated instead of seeking him, and neither would allow itself to be responsible for him.
Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Elle a un aplomb, un air de commandement, de dignité, qui avec son visage enfantin, sa petite taille, et son joli sourire, forment certainement le spectacle le plus extraordinaire qu'il soit possible de se figurer.
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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"L'objet de cette immolation peut, dans son égoïsme enfantin, recevoir, comme chose due, tous les sacrifices, se laisser traiter en idole, inerte, immobile, et devenir d'autant plus incapable d'action qu'on agira plus pour lui.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various
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