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juvenile Definition


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juvenile
adj
    1. Young; youthful.
    2. Suitable for young people.
    3. derog
      Childish; immature.
      Thesaurus: adolescent, immature, pubescent, babyish, callow, infantile, impressionable, beardless, undeveloped, unsophisticated, jejune, puerile, untested, naive; Antonym: mature.
noun
    1. A young person.
      Thesaurus: adolescent, boy, girl, child, infant, minor, youngster, youth, kid; Antonym: adult.
    2. A young animal.
    3. An actor playing youthful parts.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin juvenilis youthful.



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