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juvenile

ju·ve·nile

UK/ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl/ US/ˈd͡ʒuvəˌnaɪl/ fairly common
adjective (2) noun (1)

adjective

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”
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1.

a youthful person

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Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from *h₂óyu (“long life; lifetime”) (from *h₂ey- (“age; life”)) + *h₁én (“in”).

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