Definition of Juvenile
1. Noun. A young person, not fully developed.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Terms within: Juvenile Body
Specialized synonyms: Preteen, Preteenager, Adolescent, Stripling, Teen, Teenager, Child, Fry, Kid, Minor, Nestling, Nipper, Shaver, Small Fry, Tiddler, Tike, Tyke, Youngster, Ingenue, Spring Chicken, Young Person, Younker, Youth
Antonyms: Adult
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people. "Juvenile fashions"
3. Adjective. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity. "Puerile jokes"
Similar to: Immature
Derivative terms: Jejuneness, Jejunity, Juvenility, Puerility
Definition of Juvenile
1. a. Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance.
2. n. A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.
Definition of Juvenile
1. Adjective. young; not fully developed ¹
2. Adjective. characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish ¹
3. Noun. a prepubescent child ¹
4. Noun. a person not legally of age, or who is younger than may be charged with an offence ¹
5. Noun. an animal that is not sexually mature ¹
6. Noun. an actor playing a child's role ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Juvenile
1. a young person [n -S]
Medical Definition of Juvenile
1. Pertaining to youth or childhood, young or immature. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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Literary usage of Juvenile
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1. The Irish Quarterly Review (1854)
"I.—OUR juvenile CRIMINALS :—THE SCHOOL-MASTER OR THE GAOLER.. Report of Committee
on Criminal and ... juvenile Depravity. £ Prize Essay. By Rev. ..."
2. Learning and Working: Six Lectures Delivered in Willis's Rooms, London, in by Frederick Denison Maurice (1855)
"... LECTURE I. juvenile AND ADULT LEARNING. FIFTEEN years ago I delivered some
Lectures in this room on the subject of Education. ..."
3. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Sir Egerton Brydges (1815)
"Peculiar Character of Milton's juvenile Poems, with a list of cotemporary Poems,
in 8ro. from Nov. 30,, to May, in the order yf publication. ..."
4. The Poems of S.T. Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1848)
"juvenile POEMS. GENEVIEVE. MAID of my Love, sweet Genevieve ! In Beauty's light
you glide along: Your eye ..."
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