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juvenalia

juvenalia noun: items connected with children, such as toys, dolls, teddy bears, etc. Also the misspelling of juvenilia.

Noun

juvenalia pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, antiques and collectibles) Items connected with children, such as toys, dolls, teddy bears, etc.
    • But enough nurse-angel pins, scrubs imprinted with hearts and teddy bears, coffee cups bearing cute child-nurse images and stuffed animals representing nurses show up in the nursing workplace to keep the juvenalia market alive.2013, Bernice Buresh, Suzanne Gordon, “The Daisy Dilemma” (chapter 2), Silent No More (Part 1), in From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public, third edition, Ithaca...
    • […]– Peter’s love for juvenalia, primarily toy theatres. He adored them, he collected them and he even had a shop in London’s Covent Garden selling them.2018 June 8 [2018 March 31], “Actor Peter Baldwin's toy theatres up for auction”, in SussexWorld, Iconic Media Group

Also used as

juvenalia is also the misspelling of juvenilia.

Origin of juvenalia

From juven(ile) + -alia.

Questions about juvenalia

What does juvenalia mean?
Juvenalia means items connected with children, such as toys, dolls, teddy bears, etc.
What part of speech is juvenalia?
Juvenalia is a noun.

Words near juvenalia in the dictionary

  1. Juvavian
  2. juve
  3. juvember
  4. juvembers
  5. juvenal
  6. juvenalia
  7. Juvenalian
  8. juvenals
  9. juvenaria
  10. juvenarium
  11. juvenariums

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