rejuvenescent

American  

[ri-joo-vuh-nes-uhnt] / rɪˌdʒu vəˈnɛs ənt /

adjective

1. becoming young again.

2. making young again; rejuvenating.

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Other Word Forms

• rejuvenescence
  noun

Etymology

Origin of rejuvenescent

1755–65; < Medieval Latin rejuvenēsc ( ere ) to become young again ( Latin re- re- + juven ( is ) young + -ēsc- inceptive suffix + -ere infinitive suffix) + -ent

Example Sentences

If the clients were rejuvenescent, the office was unaltered, and presented the same picture as that described at the beginning of this story.

From Colonel Chabert by Marriage, Ellen

In thought he endowed the rejuvenescent Ottoman Empire with the energies of a thousand years.

From Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul by Jókai, Mór

"It's the peculiarity of English conservatism that it's persistently progressive and rejuvenescent."

From The New Machiavelli by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The ghost of Bill Totts had been successfully laid, and Freddie Drummond with rejuvenescent zeal tackled a brochure, long-planned, on the topic of “diminishing returns.”

From The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack

But Ethel, dear, meek, pretty, gentle little Ethel—well, there, I'm not going to repeat for you all the raptures that Harry went into over that perennial and ever rejuvenescent theme.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant