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
- suck
- sucker
- sucker-bash
- sucker-bashing
- suckerfish
- sucker punch
- sucket fork
- sucket spoon
- suckhole
- sucking
- sucking disc
- suck it and see
- suck it up
- suckle
- Powell, Colin
- Powell, Enoch
- Powellised
- Powellism
- Powellist
- powellite
- Powellized
- Powell, John Wesley
- Powell, Lake
- Powell, Lewis Franklin
- Powell, Michael