Meaning of juvenile in English
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Classifying Adjective
juvenileDefinitions
1. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturityExamples
- « adolescent insecurity »
- « jejune responses to our problems »
- « their behavior was juvenile »
- « puerile jokes »
Synonyms
Noun
juvenileDefinitions
1. a youthful personAntonyms
Qualitative Adjective
juvenileEtymology
early 17th century: from Latin juvenilis, from juvenis‘young, a young person’Definitions
1. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young peopleExamples
- « juvenile diabetes »
- « juvenile fashions »
Famous quotes
- « I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God. » Smokey Robinson
- « The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it! » Daniel Dennett
- « Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition. » Isaac Asimov
- « At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour. » Thom Yorke
- « It would have been nice for Greg to eventually grow into a mature relationship with Laura. He was moving toward that already but then took a turn into the juvenile with Paige. » William Devane