Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juvenility

/dʒuvəˈnɪlɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ju-ve-nil-i-ty
IPA: /dʒuvəˈnɪlɪti/

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being juvenile.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Juvenile behavior, writing, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The plant grew from juvenility to maturity in a week."
"Next in juvenility to Abraham came two more girls, Hope and Modesty; then a boy of three, and then the baby, who had just completed his first year."
"The frantic fanaticism of this paragraph deprives us of all hope that Mr. Irving will, as we once fondly hoped, outgrow his juvenilities."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iuvenilitas. By surface analysis, juvenile + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

juvenilities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

juvenescence infantility

Synonyms

youth youthfulness callowness jejuneness

Antonyms

senility

Rhymes With

ability facility possibility stability utility disability capability probability flexibility fertility instability vulnerability

Questions

How do you pronounce juvenility?: The recorded pronunciation is /dʒuvəˈnɪlɪti/.
What does juvenility mean?: The state or quality of being juvenile.
Where does juvenility come from?: Borrowed from Latin iuvenilitas. By surface analysis, juvenile + -ity.

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