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
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Juvenal cast his ire toward a gladiatrix named Mevia.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Juvenal Munubo, who sits on Congo's parliamentary Defence and Security Commission, said Uganda's presence in Congo could also reheat the rivalry between Kampala and Kigali.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2021
Juvenal “Juve” Quintana was never really into politics until he learned about Bernie Sanders’ first presidential campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2019
Juvenal attributes this quality to oysters, which, in this respect, with cockles and muscles have become vulgarly proverbial: Grandia quæ mediis jam noctibus ostrea mordet.
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.
Our examination of an adult female, No. 128242 BS and a juvenal female, No. 128243 BS, from 15 mi.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
The molt begins when the animal is three or four weeks old; at this time the juvenal pelage is replaced by the subadult pelage.
From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by Jameson, E. W.
There are three distinct pelages, juvenal, postjuvenal, and adult.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.
A lactating female would sometimes enter a trap even after it had been sprung by a juvenile, presumably her offspring, or a juvenal vole would enter a trap after its mother had been captured.
From A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Martin, Edwin P.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
