Juvenal
noun
Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.
Juvenal
American
[joo-vuh-nl]
/ ˈdʒu və nl /
noun
Juvenal
1
British
/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /
noun
juvenal
2
British
/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /
adjective
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Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Roman poet Juvenal coined the phrase “bread and circuses” nearly 2,000 years ago for the extravagant entertainment the Roman Empire used to distract attention from imperial policies that caused widespread discontent.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
Congolese lawmaker Juvenal Munobo, a member of parliament's defence and security commission, expressed reservations about the regional force on Twitter.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2022
“There is no way that you can read a poem by Michael McClure,” author Juvenal Acosta has said, “without experiencing some kind of connection with something primal and cosmic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020
Juvenal informs us that mariners, on their escape from shipwreck, shaved their heads; and Lycophron describes long and neglected hair as a sign of general lamentation.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
One of the more striking journeys between captures was that of number 59, a juvenal male of P. maniculatus, which traveled 1,070 feet between captures on July 16 and 17, 1963.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.
Juveniles were caught in relatively small numbers because of their restricted movements, and no way to determine prenatal and juvenal mortality was available.
From A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Martin, Edwin P.
Ralph J. Donahue told me that he saw an adult T. ornata attack a juvenal T. carolina, and provided a photograph of the incident.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
Our one specimen, No. 40897, a juvenal male barely able to fly, taken on July 21 at Pisté, weighed 43.8 grams.
From Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula by Klaas, Erwin E.
Occasionally juvenal mice were found in traps in a sluggish and weakened condition, especially in autumn when nights were cool.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.
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