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/dʒˈuvənəl/ /dʒˈuvənˌaɪl/ Listen

adjective

Juvenile adj.

Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. "A juvenile exercitation."

Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.

Characteristic of children; immature; childish; puerile; infantile; as, a juvenile temper tantrum.

Synonyms: Puerile; boyish; childish. See Youthful.

noun

Juvenile n. A young person or youth; used sportively or familiarly.

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Etymology of 'Juvenile'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Juvenile" Quotes from Famous Books

... a better and more timely job, we must strengthen their resources for preventing and dealing with juvenile delinquency. I shall propose Federal legislation to assist the States to promote concerted action in dealing with this nationwide problem. I shall carry forward the vigorous efforts of the Administration to improve the international control of the traffic ...

— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... identify with one William Peaps.[335] The date of composition is said in the stationer's preface to have preceded by many years that of publication, 1649, we may perhaps regard the piece as more or less contemporary with Cowley's juvenile effort. There is, it is true, one passage,[336] treating of tyrants and revolutions, which is such as a moderate supporter of 'divine right' might have been expected to pen in the later days of the civil war; the publisher's words, however, are unequivocal, ...

— Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama - A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration - Stage in England • Walter W. Greg

... power is found to be fully as much involved with these conditions as is the weakening of physical power. Police departments have repeatedly reported that the opening of playgrounds has resulted in decrease of the number of arrests and cases of juvenile crime in their vicinity; also decrease of adult disturbances resulting from misdeeds of the children. They afford a natural and normal outlet for energies that otherwise go astray in destruction of property, altercations, and depredations of many sorts, ...

— Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium • Jessie H. Bancroft

... supporting the troughs is suggested by the statement that the troughs were brimming full of swift-running water, while our "surveying" party of four adults, accompanied by half a dozen juvenile Igorot sightseers, weighed about 900 pounds, and was often distributed along in the troughs, which we waded, within a ...

— The Bontoc Igorot • Albert Ernest Jenks

... The Juvenile Stakes had been run and won; Londesley's Lassie had carried off the Locals; and the fight for the Shepherds' Trophy was about ...

— Bob, Son of Battle • Alfred Ollivant

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