juvenescence
Britishnoun
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youth or immaturity
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the act or process of growing from childhood to youth
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restoration of youth; rejuvenation
Vocabulary lists containing juvenescence
Example Sentences
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In the throes of its highs, female juvenescence moves Ellie to risk anything for and with her best friend.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2023
Of course, during the high-flown juvenescence that would stoke his more mature ruminations, Oldham never found the time to crash into the problem of thought.
From Forbes ● Mar. 20, 2015
He refers to the library, and the calm wisdom of centuries and sages moderates the rash impulse of juvenescence.
From Canada and the States by E. W. (Edward William) Watkin
The experience thus gained cost me the bloom of youth; yet I would not exchange it for a life of everlasting juvenescence.
From A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia by Caroline Healey Dall
The senility of the fellow's countenance, besides, was contradicted by the juvenescence of his eyes.
From The Beetle by Richard Marsh
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