juvenility

UK /dʒuvəˈnɪlɪti/ US /dʒuvəˈnɪlɪti/
noun 2

Definitions

noun

1

The state or quality of being juvenile.

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.

2

Juvenile behavior, writing, etc.

The frantic fanaticism of this paragraph deprives us of all hope that Mr. Irving will, as we once fondly hoped, outgrow his juvenilities.

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