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Juvenescent Joo Veh Nes Ent Adjective Young Youthful Latin Iuvenescens Iuvenescent

Front juvenescent \joo-veh-NES-ent\
Back adjective
Becoming young or youthful.

[Latin iuvenescens, iuvenescent-, present participle of iuvenescere, to reach the age of youth, from iuvenis, young.]

"To him, I am perennially juvenescent, a toddler with a worrisome weakness for cigars." - Alexander Frater, South Seas, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr 1999.

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