juvenal
adjective, noun, proper noun
Forms juvenals
- adjective Of a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.
- noun A juvenal bird.
- noun (obsolete) A youth.
- proper noun A male given name from Latin.
- proper noun A surname from Latin
- proper noun Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal Juvenal), a Roman poet, active in the late 1st and early 2nd century CE, noted for a collection of poems called the Satires.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Latin iuvenālis (“youthful”), from iuvenis (“youth”).
From Latin Iuvenālis.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [L. juvenalis youthful, juvenile, fr. juvenis young.]
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