juvenescence
/ˌdʒuːvəˈnɛs(ə)ns
/noun [mass noun] formal
The state or period of being young: figurative in the juvenescence of the year...
- A silhouette portrait of Talbot as a boy of seven, drawn in 1807 by an unknown hand, opens this monumental book about the birth and juvenescence of a medium.
- I believe that the happiest individuals are those who have reclaimed their juvenescence, or the power to grow young.
- Gyllenhaals juvenescence is the magic that makes even Graysmiths most mundane actions sparkle.
Derivatives
juvenescent
/ adjective ...- Such juvenescent films form when the evaporation of water is prevented and that of a minor but highly surface-active component is favored.
- Both juvenescent and senescent fish have functional ovotestes.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin juvenescent- 'reaching the age of youth', from the verb juvenescere, from juvenis 'young'.
Rhymes
- pachnolite
- pachometer
- Pachuca
- Pachuca de Soto
- pachuco
- action song
- action spectrum
- action sport
- actions speak louder than words
- action stations
- action time
- action verb
- action word
- actious
- Actium, Battle of
- activable
- activase
- activate
- activated carbon
- activated charcoal
- activated sludge
- activation
- activation analysis
- activation energy
- activator