Juvenility

3 definitions found

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

  Juvenility \Ju`ve*nil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Juvenilities}. [L.
     juvenilitas: cf. F. juv['e]nilit['e].]
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     1. Youthfulness; adolescence. --Glanvill.
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     2. The manners or character of youth; immaturity. --Glanvill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  juvenility
       n 1: lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life [syn: {callowness},
             {jejuneness}]
       2: the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
          [syn: {youth}, {youthfulness}]

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

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "juvenility":
     adolescence, bloom, budtime, early years, florescence,
     flowering time, greenness, jeunesse, juvenescence,
     my burning youth, my green age, prime of life, puberty, pubescence,
     salad days, seedtime of life, spring, springtide, springtime,
     springtime of life, tender age, tenderness, young blood, youngness,
     youth, youthfulness, youthhead, youthhood, youthiness