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Webster 1913 Edition


Juvenility

Juˊve-nil′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Juvenilities
(#)
.
[L.
juvenilitas
: cf. F.
juvénilité
.]
1.
Youthfulness; adolescence.
Glanvill.
2.
The manners or character of youth; immaturity.
Glanvill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Juvenility

JUVENIL'ITY

,
Noun.
Youthfulness; youthful age.
1.
Light and careless manner; the manners or customs of youth.

Definition 2024


juvenility

juvenility

English

Noun

juvenility (countable and uncountable, plural juvenilities)

  1. The state or quality of being juvenile.
    The plant grew from juvenility to maturity in a week.
  2. juvenile behaviour, writing, etc.
    • 1828, The Eclectic Review (volume 1, page 574)
      The frantic fanaticism of this paragraph deprives us of all hope that Mr. Irving will, as we once fondly hoped, outgrow his juvenilities.