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juvenile

adj
/ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl/UK/ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from *h₂óyu (“long life; lifetime”) (from *h₂ey- (“age; life”)) + *h₁én (“in”).

  1. derived from *h₂yuh₁en-✻
  2. borrowed from iuvenīlis

Definitions

  1. Young

    Young; not fully developed.

  2. Characteristic of youth or immaturity

    Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.

    • This is illuſtrated by a variety of examples; particularly by the attachment which we naturally form to inanimate objects; and by the pleaſure derived from hiſtoric ſcenes, from painting, and from the review of juvenile days.
    • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children under the age of 16[…]. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis impacts the larger joints of the body and is a chronic condition.

  3. A prepubescent child.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A person younger than the age of majority

      A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.

    2. A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person…

      A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.

    3. A publication for young adult readers.

      • Formerly a publisher of juveniles, out of the market till 1959, when it will enter adult fiction field.

    4. An actor playing a child's role.

      • 'Home,' as, following his habit of giving monosyllable titles to his pieces, T[homas] W[illiam] Robertson christened his version of 'L'Aventurière,' has been revived. […] In a juvenile part, Mr. Lytton Sothern made a successful début.

    5. A sexually immature animal.

    6. A two-year-old racehorse.

      • Even more incredible is the legion of two-year-olds who win handsomely as juveniles and then disappear from the racetrack.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at juvenile. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at juvenile. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at juvenile

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA