juvenal

See also: Juvenal

English

Etymology

From Latin iuvenālis (“youthful”), from iuvenis (“youth”).

Adjective

juvenal

Of a young bird, that has its first flying plumage.

Noun

juvenal (plural juvenals)

A juvenal bird.
(obsolete) A youth.
- c. 1594, William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act I, Scene 2,
  How canst thou part sadness and melancholy, my tender juvenal?

Related terms

juvenile

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