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[ joo-vuh-nl, -nahyl ] / ˈdʒu və nl, -ˌnaɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR juvenile ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books. young; youthful: juvenile years. immature; childish; infantile: His juvenile tantrums are not in keeping with his age. nouna young person; youth. Theater. - a youthful male or female role.
- an actor or actress who plays such parts.
a book for children. Ornithology. a young bird that has its first set of contur feathers. a two-year-old racehorse. Origin of juvenileFirst recorded in 1615–25; from Latin juvenīlis “youthful,” equivalent to juven(is) “youthful” + -īlis adjective suffix; see -ile synonym study for juvenile1. See young. OTHER WORDS FROM juvenileju·ve·nile·ly, adverbpre·ju·ve·nile, adjectiveun·ju·ve·nile, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH juvenilejejune, juvenile Words nearby juvenileJuvarra, Juvenal, juvenal plumage, juvenescence, juvenescent, juvenile, juvenile cataract, juvenile cell, juvenile court, juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for juvenileA car was indeed dispatched, with no mention that the suspect was possibly a juvenile and that the gun might be a toy. The Cleveland Cops Who Fired 137 Shots and Cried Victim|Michael Daly|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Sixty of those 700 are “juvenile lifers,” men who came in as adolescents and are serving a life term. Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On|Tina Brown|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST I was also the front for a juvenile delinquent roaming the streets of New York City and using me as a parental alibi. Where Cellphone Numbers Go to Die|Jon Methven|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST It also traces his days as a juvenile delinquent, and gradual rise up the R&B charts. ‘Get On Up’ Star Chadwick Boseman on Becoming James Brown—With A Little Help From Mick Jagger|Marlow Stern|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Over the past few years, activist groups have raised money to spare the lives of juvenile offenders who are unable to pay the fee. Iran to Hang Abused Child Bride|Nina Strochlic|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet the "Tigers" purposed to make the place the talk of the juvenile population and they turned to their captain for advice. A Son of the City|Herman Gastrell Seely But now for the juvenile but audacious Portland, who describes herself as "the commercial metropolis of the Northwest." Two Years in Oregon|Wallis Nash One juvenile was carried by wind over the river where it dropped into the water. Birds Found on the Arctic Slope of Northern Alaska|James W. Bee He talked pretty continuously during these drives, and he by no means restricted his subjects to juvenile matters. Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine It should be approached with respect, and not merely introduced as a juvenile appendix to Madame (p. 103) Tussaud's! Highways and Byways in London|Mrs. E. T. Cook.
British Dictionary definitions for juvenile
adjectiveyoung, youthful, or immature suitable or designed for young peoplejuvenile pastimes (of animals or plants) not yet fully mature of or denoting young birds that have developed their first plumage of adult feathers geology occurring at the earth's surface for the first time; newjuvenile water; juvenile gases nouna juvenile person, animal, or plant an actor who performs youthful roles a book intended for young readers Derived forms of juvenilejuvenilely, adverbjuvenileness, nounWord Origin for juvenileC17: from Latin juvenīlis youthful, from juvenis young Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to juvenileyouthful, boy, infant, adolescent, youth, youngster, girl, minor, young, growing, green, blooming, tender, formative, budding, junior, developing, child, kid, babyish |