juvenal

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Definition of juvenal in English English dictionary

Of a young bird, that has its first flying plumage

A juvenile

A juvenal bird

orig. Decimus Junius Juvenalis born AD 55 died 130 Roman poet. He is believed to have been born into a wealthy family, to have become an army officer, and to have grown embittered by his failure to receive a promotion. He is chiefly known for his 16 Satires, indignant attacks on human brutality and folly, particularly the corruption of Roman society under Domitian and his more humane successors Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian. Juvenal's verses are technically fine, vivid, and often ruthless, and they have been admired and imitated since the 5th century. Many of his phrases and epigrams ("bread and circuses," "who will guard the guards themselves?" etc.) have entered common parlance

A youth

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

Hyphenation

Ju·ve·nal

Etymology

[ 'jü-v&-n& ] (biographical name.) From Latin iuvenālis (“youthful”), from iuvenis (“youth”).