Definition of JUVENAL

juvenal

Plural: juvenals

Noun

  • A young bird's plumage; a young bird itself.
  • Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
  • A juvenal bird.
  • A youth.

Adj

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

Examples

  • Finding ’JUVENAL’ could be a rare bird of a word, scoring big on the board.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Scrabble Score: 17

juvenal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
juvenal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
juvenal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

juvenal: valid Words With Friends Word