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juvenility|dʒuːvɪˈnɪlɪtɪ|
[ad. L. juvenīlitās youth, juvenility, f. juvenīlis juvenile: see -ity. Cf. mod.F. juvénilité (1866 in Littré).]
1. Juvenile condition; youthfulness; youthful manner, quality, character, or vigour.
1623Cockeram, Iuuenilitie, youth. 1629Prynne Old Antith. Pref. 8 If it stand with my juvinility and your venerable and hoary gravity. 1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xxvi. (1739) 118 He was in the nature or condition of a Pro-Rex, during the King's Juvenility. 1753Foote Eng. in Paris i. (1780) 15 Allowing for the Sallies of Juvenility. 1815J. Adams Wks. (1856) X. 141 Declining the engagement on account of the juvenility of our nation, the infancy of our government. 1885Leeds Merc. 12 Sept. 6/5 The juvenility of his ideas is made manifest whenever he opens his mouth.
2. concr. Juveniles collectively; ‘youth’.
1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. p. v., Trifles which were intended to attract juvenility. 1849J. Hamilton Mem. Lady Colquhoun iii. 93 The juvenility of the district all mustered at the same seat of learning.
3. pl. Juvenile characteristics, acts, or ideas.
1661Glanvill Van. Dogmatizing Ep. Ded. (R.), Customary strains and abstracted juvenilities have made it difficult to commend and speak credibly in dedications. 1706Reflex. upon Ridicule 380 Juvenilities unbecoming the character of old age. 1872Morley Voltaire ii. 65 There was no question of the sentimental juvenilities of children crying for light. |