['d?u:v?n??l]
¦ adjective
1. for or relating to young people, birds, or animals.
2. childish.
¦ noun a young person, bird, or animal.
?Law a person below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible (18 in most countries).
Derivatives
juvenility -'n?l?ti noun
juvenilize or juvenilise verb
Origin
C17: from L. juvenilis, from juvenis 'young, a young person'.