juvenile
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və adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.
2.
young; youthful: juvenile years.
3.
immature; childish; infantile: His juvenile tantrums are not in keeping with his age.
noun
4.
a young person; youth.
5.
Theater.
a.
a youthful male or female role.
b.
an actor or actress who plays such parts.
6.
a book for children.
7.
Ornithology. a young bird in the stage when it has fledged, if altricial, or has replaced down of hatching, if precocial.
8.
a two-year-old racehorse.
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juvenile (ˈdʒuːvɪˌnaɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | young, youthful, or immature |
| 2. | suitable or designed for young people: juvenile pastimes |
| 3. | (of animals or plants) not yet fully mature |
| 4. | of or denoting young birds that have developed their first plumage of adult feathers |
| 5. | geology occurring at the earth's surface for the first time; new: juvenile water; juvenile gases |
| —n | |
| 6. | a juvenile person, animal, or plant |
| 7. | an actor who performs youthful roles |
| 8. | a book intended for young readers |
| [C17: from Latin juvenīlis youthful, from juvenis young] | |
| 'juvenilely | |
| —adv | |
| 'juvenileness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
juvenile
1625, from L. juvenilis "of or belonging to youth," from juvenis "young person," originally "young" (see young). Hence juvenilia "works of a person's youth" (1622). Juvenile delinquency first recorded 1816.
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Example sentences
Thomas said she's visited her son in the juvenile detention center, where on some visits they are separated by glass.
We have urged juvenile justice reform for decades.
In times when summer temperatures peaked, researchers found juvenile cod -- born in late winter -- to be smaller than usual.
But they are both juvenile and very cumbersome.
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