Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
JUVENILE
adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile
(adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; “adolescent insecurity”; “jejune responses to our problems”; “their behavior was juvenile”; “puerile jokes”
juvenile
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people; “juvenile diabetes”; “juvenile fashions”
juvenile, juvenile person
(noun) a young person, not fully developed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
juvenile (comparative more juvenile, superlative most juvenile)
Young; not fully developed.
Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.
Synonyms
• (characteristic of youth or immaturity): juvey (colloquial), milky, puerile; see also childish
Antonyms
• adult
• mature
• nonjuvenile
• old
• senile
Noun
juvenile (plural juveniles)
A prepubescent child.
A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
(criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment.
(literature) A publication for young adult readers.
(theater) An actor playing a child's role.
(zoology) A sexually immature animal.
A two-year-old racehorse.
Synonyms
• (person younger than age of majority): infant (dated), juvie (colloquial)
Source: Wiktionary
Ju"ve*nile, a. Etym: [L. juvenilis, from juvenis young; akin to E. young: cf. F. juvénile, juvénil. See Young.]
1. Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. "A juvenile exercitation." Glanvill.
2. Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.
Syn.
– Puerile; boyish; childish. See Youthful.
Ju"ve*nile, n.
Definition: A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly. C. Bronté.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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