juvenescence








adjective

  1. being or becoming youthful; young.
  2. young in appearance.
  3. having the power to make young or youthful: a juvenescent elixir.

noun

  1. youth or immaturity
  2. the act or process of growing from childhood to youth
  3. restoration of youth; rejuvenation

adjective

  1. becoming or being young or youthful
n.

1800; see juvenescent + -ence.

adj.

1821, from Latin iuvenescentem (nominative iuvenescens), present participle of iuvenescere “to grow into youth,” from iuvenis “young” (see young).

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