Juvenile

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Juvenile \Ju"ve*nile\ (?; 277), a. [L. juvenilis, from juvenis
     young; akin to E. young: cf. F. juv['e]nile, juv['e]nil. See
     {Young}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. "A juvenile
        exercitation." --Glanvill.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.
  
     3. Characteristic of children; immature; childish; puerile;
        infantile; as, a juvenile temper tantrum.
        [PJC]
  
     Syn: Puerile; boyish; childish. See {Youthful}.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Juvenile \Ju"ve*nile\, n.
     A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.
     --C. Bront['e].
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  juvenile
       adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for
              children or young people; "juvenile diabetes";
              "juvenile fashions"
       2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent
          insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their
          behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: {adolescent},
           {jejune}, {puerile}]
       n : a youthful person [syn: {juvenile person}] [ant: {adult}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  142 Moby Thesaurus words for "juvenile":
     Roscius, actor, actress, adolescent, antagonist, at half cock,
     baby, babyish, bad guy, barnstormer, best seller, book, bound book,
     boy, callow, character, character actor, character man,
     character woman, chickabiddy, child actor, childish, classic,
     coloring book, definitive work, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer,
     feeder, fledgling, florescent, flowering, foil, folio, girl,
     great work, green, half-baked, half-cocked, half-grown, hardback,
     heavy, histrio, histrion, hopeful, ill-digested, immature, impubic,
     infant, infantile, ingenue, junior, juvenal, juvenescent,
     juvenile book, kid, limp-cover book, magnum opus, matinee idol,
     mime, mimer, mimic, minor, monologist, moppet, mummer, nipper,
     nonbook, notebook, novel, opus, opuscule, opusculum, pantomime,
     pantomimist, paperback, picture book, playactor, playbook, player,
     pocket book, prayer book, production, protean actor, psalmbook,
     psalter, pubescent, publication, puerile, puss, raw, reciter,
     sapling, serial, sketchbook, slip, soft-cover, songbook, soubrette,
     sprig, stage performer, stage player, standard work, stooge,
     storybook, straight man, stripling, stroller, strolling player,
     teenaged, teenager, teener, teenybopper, theatrical, thespian,
     title, tome, trade book, trouper, underripe, unfledged, ungrown,
     unmellowed, unripe, unseasoned, unsophisticated, utility man,
     villain, volume, work, writing, young, young hopeful, young person,
     younger, youngest, youngling, youngster, youth, youthful,
     youthlike, youthy