juvenescentadj.
/ˌdʒuːvᵻˈnɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌdʒuvəˈnɛs(ə)nt/ 1. Becoming young or youthful.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > becoming or made young
youngthedc1450
juvenescent1821
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 284/2 Reductive of juvenescent emotion.
1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 192 Thy ecstatic influence To life renews..The juvenescent soul and sense.
2. Immature, undeveloped.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature
green?a1300
rawa1398
indigest1398
unmatured?a1425
unripea1500
unseasonable1515
unbuilded1519
inchoate1534
unripened1561
uncivil1572
unmellowed1573
unmanured1577
unblown1587
ungrown1593
unpolished1594
rudimental1597
rude1600
unsalted1602
unseasoned1602
unlicked1612
embryon1613
unbakeda1616
unbloweda1616
unfledged1615
unmellow1615
sappya1627
embryous1628
unconcocteda1631
unkneaded1633
immature1635
sucking1648
vacuous1651
embryo1659
unelaborate1663
unmature1673
unformed1689
undeveloped1736
infantile1772
uncultivated1796
unelaborated1817
fetal1820
embryotic1823
embryonic1825
embryonary1833
sophomoric1837
seedling1843
rudimentary1851
unwrought1869
juvenescent1875
vealy1890
under-developed1892
1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism 223 The lama is a juvenescent and feeble copy of the camel.
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adj.1821