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

She came away from their long interviews quite rejuvenescent, her eyes sparkling, her step lighter, and ready to bestow a nod on persons to whom as a rule she would vouchsafe only the coldest bow.

From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

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

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

But cuttings or suckers are only the same old plant over and over again in fresh circumstances, transplanted as it were, but not truly renovated or rejuvenescent.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant

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

We are right, then, in greeting the rejuvenescent summer with devout faith and hope.

From Through Nature to God by Fiske, John