JUVENILE, JUVENILE DELINQUENT
ADJECTIVES
► JUNIOR youthful, juvenile; belonging to youth or earlier life → 1606 obs.
► JUVENAL juvenile → 1638 obs.
NOUNS
► JUVENILITY 1. juvenile condition; youthfulness; youthful manner or vigour → 1623
2. juveniles collectively → 1823
► JUVEY ► JUVIE a detention centre for juvenile delinquents → 1967 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BEBOPPER a juvenile delinquent → 1966 US sl.
► DELINK a juvenile delinquent → 1959 US sl.
► JUVENAL a youth; a juvenile → 1598 obs.
► JUVEY ► JUVIE a juvenile delinquent → 1941 US sl.
► YOOT a teenage hoodlum; a member of a teenage street gang; a juvenile delinquent → 1957 Amer. sl.
VERBS
► J.D. to behave like a juvenile delinquent → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
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