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juvenile
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iuven?lis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -?lis (“suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to”). Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h?yuh?en- (“young”), from *h?óyu (“long life; lifetime”) (from *h?ey- (“age; life”)) + *h?én (“in”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?u?v?na?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?u?v?na?l/, /?d?u?v?n?l/
- Hyphenation: ju?ven?ile
Adjective
juvenile (comparative more juvenile, superlative most juvenile)
- Young; not fully developed.
- Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.
- Synonyms: (colloquial) juvey, milky, puerile; see also Thesaurus:childish
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Noun
juvenile (plural juveniles)
- A prepubescent child.
- A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
- Synonyms: (dated) infant, (colloquial) juvie
- (criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.
- (literature) A publication for young adult readers.
- (theater) An actor playing a child's role.
- (zoology) A sexually immature animal.
- A two-year-old racehorse.
- 1972, Edward Samuel Montgomery, The Thoroughbred (page 449)
- Even more incredible is the legion of two-year-olds who win handsomely as juveniles and then disappear from the racetrack.
- 2005, Ken McLean, Designing Speed in the Racehorse (page 206)
- Professional trainers foster young horses with obvious potential. Instance the way Sir Michael Stoute uses patience to bring along his two-year-old colts and fillies at Newmarket, or the careful approach taken with juveniles by that wonderful conditioner Charlie Whittingham in California.
- 2012, Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing (page 6)
- Thereafter, males aged two to four are colts, females are fillies, racing two-year-olds are sometimes referred to as juveniles, and animals still running at five, the age of thoroughbred maturity, or older, are horses or mares according to gender.
- 1972, Edward Samuel Montgomery, The Thoroughbred (page 449)
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Further reading
- juvenile (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Adjective
juven?le
- nominative neuter singular of juven?lis
- accusative neuter singular of juven?lis
- vocative neuter singular of juven?lis
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inane
English
Etymology
From Middle French inane, from Latin in?nis (“empty, vain, useless”) which is of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ne?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Adjective
inane (comparative inaner or more inane, superlative inanest or most inane)
- Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
- (lacking sense): Synonyms: silly, fatuous, vapid
- Purposeless; pointless
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- Vague and inane instincts.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
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Noun
inane (plural inanes)
- That which is void or empty.
- The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- [...] whom we watch as we watch the clouds careering in the windy, bottomless inane, or read about like characters in ancient and rather fabulous annals.
Anagrams
- -anine, Annie, nenia
Italian
Etymology
From Latin in?nis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?na.ne/
- Hyphenation: i?nà?ne
Adjective
inane (plural inani) (literary)
- (rare) empty, void, hollow
- Synonyms: (literary) vacuo, vuoto
- Antonyms: colmo, pieno
- useless, vain, inane
- Synonyms: inconcludente, infruttuoso, inutile, (literary) irrito, vano
- Antonym: utile
Derived terms
- inanità
Anagrams
- nenia
References
- inane in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
in?ne
- nominative neuter singular of in?nis
- accusative neuter singular of in?nis
- vocative neuter singular of in?nis
References
- inane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin in?nis.
Adjective
inane m or f (plural inanes, comparable)
- inane (lacking sense or meaning)
- Synonyms: vão, vazio, fútil
Related terms
- inanição
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin in?nis.
Adjective
inane (plural inanes)
- inane; pointless
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