"juvenility" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dʒuvəˈnɪlɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-juvenility.wav [Southern-England] Forms: juvenilities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪti Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iuvenilitas. By surface analysis, juvenile + -ity. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|iuvenilitas}} Borrowed from Latin iuvenilitas, {{surface analysis|en|juvenile|-ity}} By surface analysis, juvenile + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} juvenility (countable and uncountable, plural juvenilities)
  1. The state or quality of being juvenile. Tags: countable, uncountable Coordinate_terms: infantility Translations (The state or quality of being juvenile): የወጣትነት (yäwäṭatnät) (Amharic), младост (mladost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), юношество (junošestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), juvénilité [feminine] (French), iuvenilitas [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-juvenility-en-noun-HjF3HsAU Disambiguation of 'The state or quality of being juvenile': 99 1
  2. Juvenile behavior, writing, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-juvenility-en-noun-EiFxwNTw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Amharic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Latin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Amharic translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: juvenescence

Inflected forms

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