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Definition of "juvenility" []

  • The quality or condition of being juvenile; youthfulness. (noun)
  • Foolishly juvenile behavior or character; immaturity. (noun)
  • An instance of juvenile behavior. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "juvenility" in a sentence
  • "You see, I did in truth chuckle at the original post, and decided that I would try to top it in terms of "juvenility"."
  • "The congregation then decanted itself out of the chapel -- the spirits of the people dancing with that remarkable buoyancy or juvenility which is felt after a thunderstorm, when the air is calm, soople, and balmy -- and all nature garmented with glittering verdure and light."
  • "That kind of juvenility, along with its implication of skewing younger than the live-action"