juvenile English · revision 15209

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1625|origins=la iuvenis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl/ ''(UK)''; /ˈd͡ʒuvəˌnaɪl/, /ˈd͡ʒuvən(ə)l/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|juvénile]] and directly [[la|iuvenīlis|t=of youth, youthful]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|iuvenis|t=young; a young man]] (see [[young]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) In Roman use a iuvenis was in the age just beyond adolescence, from 21 or 25 to 40.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Young, youthful: 1625, in Francis Bacon's ''Essays'', in Barnhart, the OED and Merriam-Webster.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Belonging to or suited for youth is from 1661 (the 1660s).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The noun, a young person, is from 1733,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) an actor who plays youthful parts from 1890, and a children's book from 1849.^(OED 1989) Juvenile delinquency is first recorded in 1816, and juvenile delinquent the following year.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The slang ''juvie'' is from 1941 for a juvenile delinquent and 1967 for juvenile detention.^(Etymonline) [[juvenilia|alt=Juvenilia]], works produced in one's youth, is a 17th-century borrowing.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1625 – juvenile, young.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1661 – suited to youth.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1733 – a young person.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1816 – juvenile delinquency.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1941 – juvie.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Young; not fully grown or developed.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Relating to, suited to or intended for young people: ''juvenile court''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # [[childish|alt=Childish]]; [[immature]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A young person; in law, a minor.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A young animal not yet sexually mature.^(AHD)

+ # An actor who plays young roles.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[juvenilely]]

+ * [[juvenileness]]

+ * [[prejuvenile]]

+ * [[unjuvenile]]

+ * [[juvenilize]]

+ * [[juvenility]]

+ * [[juvenile diabetes]]

+ * [[juvenile hormone]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[juvenal]]

+ * [[juvenescence]]

+ * [[juvenescent]]

+ * [[juvenilia]]

+ * [[young]]

+ * [[youth]]

+ * [[rejuvenate]]

+ * [[junior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}