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† ˈjuvenal, a. and n.1 Obs.
Also 6–7 -all, 7 iuvinal.
[ad. L. juvenāl-is (= juvenīl-is) of or belonging to youth, f. juvenis a young person.]
A. adj. Juvenile.
1638T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 43 More hot then ripe and juvenall age. 1733[see juvenile B. 1]. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 33/1 A classical book of juvenal sports.
B. n. A youth; a ‘juvenile’.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. ii. 8 How canst thou part sadnesse and melancholy my tender Iuuenall? 1607Dekker & Webster Westw. Hoe iii. i. D.'s Wks. 1873 II. 320, I am one of his Iuvinals. 1664Cotton Scarron. iv. (1741) 72 She the small Ascanius takes, Troy's Juvenal. [1820Scott Monast. xiv, (Sir Piercie Shafton is represented as saying) Touching this juvenal, he hath that about him which belongeth to higher birth.] |