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juvenal

adj · name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

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

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name

Meaning 2

A male given name from Latin.

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name

Meaning 3

Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a Roman poet, active in the late 1st and early 2nd century CE, noted for a collection of poems called the Satires.

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noun

Meaning 4

A juvenal bird.

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noun

Meaning 5

A youth.

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Usage: obsolete

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noun

Meaning 6

Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)

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Synonyms: Decimus Junius Juvenalis

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Broader terms: satirist, ironist, ridiculer

History

Etymology

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

From Latin Iuvenālis.