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rejuvenile

rejuvenile noun: an adult whose interests and activities are characteristic of those of children.

Noun

rejuvenile (plural rejuveniles)

  1. (informal) An adult whose interests and activities are characteristic of those of children.
    • At $15 to $30 for each action figure, re-staffing the Cobra Command center (home to G.I. Joe's arch-nemesis, Cobra Commander) isn't cheap. So what's driving this rejuvenile movement? Marketing, mostly.2007 December 15, Tony Dokoupil, “Forty-Year-Old Virgins”, in Newsweek
    Synonyms:
    adultescent, kidult

Synonyms of rejuvenile

Forms of rejuvenile

pluralrejuveniles

Origin of rejuvenile

From re- + juvenile. Compare rejuvenate.

Questions about rejuvenile

What does rejuvenile mean?
Rejuvenile means an adult whose interests and activities are characteristic of those of children.
What part of speech is rejuvenile?
Rejuvenile is a noun.
What is the plural of rejuvenile?
The plural of rejuvenile is rejuveniles.

Words near rejuvenile in the dictionary

  1. rejuvenescences
  2. rejuvenescency
  3. rejuvenescent
  4. rejuvenesces
  5. rejuvenescing
  6. rejuvenile
  7. rejuveniles
  8. rejuvenise
  9. rejuvenised
  10. rejuvenises
  11. rejuvenising

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