Juvenal

American  

[joo-vuh-nl] / ˈdʒu və nl /

noun

1. Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.

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Juvenal ¹ British  

/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /

noun

1. Latin name Decimus Junius Juvenalis. ?60–?140 _ad , Roman satirist. In his 16 verse satires, he denounced the vices of imperial Rome

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juvenal ² British  

/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /

adjective

1. ornithol a variant spelling (esp US) of juvenile

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Other Word Forms

• Juvenalian adjective

Example Sentences

Wednesday, Juvenal Solano drove slowly along the cracked roads that border the fields of strawberry and celery that cloak this fertile expanse of Ventura County, his eyes peeled for signs of trouble.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Congolese lawmaker Juvenal Munobo, a member of parliament's defence and security commission, expressed reservations about the regional force on Twitter.

From Reuters

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

The commission has also looked at the presidential archives of Mitterrand, who had close ties to former Ruwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a member of the country’s Hutu ethnic group.

From Seattle Times