单词 | juvenility |
释义 | juvenilityn. 1. Juvenile condition; youthfulness; youthful manner, quality, character, or vigour. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > state, quality, or fact of youthhood971 youtha1100 youthheadc1220 youngnessc1350 tenderc1400 youthnessc1475 unripenessa1500 youthlikeness1549 youthfulness1587 primeve1619 juvenility1623 infantility1631 youthfullity1763 youthiness1821 underdevelopment1891 vealiness1895 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Iuuenilitie, youth. 1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis Ep. Ded. sig. ¶4v If it may stand with my Iuvinility, and your venerable, your hoary grauity. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 202 He was in nature or condition of a Pro Rex, during the Kings Juvenility. 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris i. 15 Allowing for the Sallies of Juvenility. 1815 J. Adams Wks. (1856) X. 141 Declining the engagement on account of the juvenility of our nation, the infancy of our government. 1885 Leeds Mercury 12 Sept. 6/5 The juvenility of his ideas is made manifest whenever he opens his mouth. 2. concrete. Juveniles collectively; ‘youth’. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > young people collectively youngeOE youthc897 maidhooda1200 youngth1484 youthhead1562 frya1577 younkery1594 Jack and Jill1621 jeunesse1673 youthhood1690 juvenility1823 jeunesse dorée1828 flaming youth1923 yoof1986 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. p. v Trifles which were intended to attract juvenility. 1849 J. Hamilton Mem. Lady Colquhoun iii. 93 The juvenility of the district all mustered at the same seat of learning. 3. plural. Juvenile characteristics, acts, or ideas. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > characteristics of young person colt's toothc1386 juvenilities1661 youthfullity1763 the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > youthful characteristics, acts, or ideas juvenilities1661 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing Ep. Ded. (R.) Customary strains and abstracted juvenilities have made it difficult to commend and speak credibly in dedications. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 380 Juvenilities, unbecoming the Character of old Age. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 65 There was no question of the sentimental juvenilities of children crying for light. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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