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Oct. 14, 2014
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\joo-vuh-NES-uhnt\
adjective
1. being or becoming youthful; young.
2. young in appearance.
Quotes
The thought of spring, when it did come, gave to Miss Freeling the same sort of halcyon, salutatory, juvenescent feeling that Richard had, and this made them seem like old friends.
-- Sylvester Judd, Richard Edney and the Governor's Family, 1850
Origin
Juvenescent is related to the word juvenile. It is from the Latin present participle of juvenēscere which meant "to become youthful."
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