juvenility

[ joo-vuh-nil-i-tee ]

noun

, plural ju·ve·nil·i·ties.

1. juvenile state, character, or manner.
2. juvenilities, youthful qualities or acts.
3. an instance of being juvenile.

juvenility

/ ˌdʒuːvɪˈnɪlɪtɪ /

noun

1. the quality or condition of being juvenile, esp of being immature
2. often plural a juvenile act or manner
3. juveniles collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of juvenility¹

First recorded in 1615–25; juvenile + -ity

Example Sentences

Similar views and principles alone can correct a third error of age, namely, the aim to prolong juvenility to an unnatural period.

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It takes a jaunty juvenility of spirit to wear a sailor suit properly, and she was not feeling that way these days.

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"Though probably you are hardly of an age to see it yet," says Dean, and he smiles at the juvenility of ambition.

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Edgar was enthusiastically carolling 15 a ditty which was then popular among Bayport juvenility.

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My father once took me—but I can not say at what period of my juvenility—into both houses of Parliament.

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