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juvenile (iou)



juvenile adjective & noun. E17.
[Latin juvenilis, from juvenis (a) young (person): see -ILE.]
A. adjective.
Young, youthful. E17.
H. B. Stowe The order was..carried to Aunt Chloe by..half a dozen juvenile messengers. V. Nabokov She seemed to have grown less juvenile, more of a woman overnight.
Belonging to, characteristic of, suited to, or intended for youth or young people; (freq. derog.) immature, childish. M17.
R. Crompton A book of ghost stories from the juvenile library at school. M. Fitzherbert Aubrey's views were often juvenile and always muddled.
Geology. Of water, gases, etc.: originating from magma and newly brought to the surface; not meteoric. E20.
Special collocations: juvenile court a court of law for the trial of young offenders. juvenile delinquency the (habitual) committing of offences against the law by a minor or minors. juvenile delinquent a person engaged in juvenile delinquency. juvenile hormone Entomology each of a number of hormones that control larval development in insects and inhibit metamorphosis. juvenile lead = sense B.1b below; spec. an actor who plays the leading youthful part in a play etc.; the role so played. juvenile leaf a distinct kind of leaf characteristic of the immature stages of certain trees, shrubs, or woody climbers. juvenile offender a person below a specific age (18 in most countries) who has committed a crime.
b. noun.
A young person, a youth; a young creature, esp. a bird in its first full plumage. M18.
M. Cox His new book was 'for juveniles'. Bird Watching Juveniles look similar to winter adults and can lack the yellow tip to the bill.
b. Theatrical. An actor who plays a youthful part. L19.
A book written for children. M19.
juvenilely adverb E18.
juvenileness noun E18.
juvenilize verb trans. make or keep young or youthful; Entomology arrest the normal development of: M19.