giovanile
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- giovenile (obsolete, literary)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Italian giovenile, from Latin iuvenīlem, derived from iuvenis (“young”). By surface analysis, giovane (“young”, noun) + -ile (“-ile”, “tending to”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
giovanile (plural giovanili)
- (relational) youth
- youthful
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo della Pudicizia [Triumph of Demureness]”, in I trionfi [The Triumphs][1], Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1997, lines 87–88:
- Timor d’infamia e Desio sol d’onore, ¶ Penser canuti in giovenile etate
- Fear of shame and desire only for honour/honor ¶ Mature thoughts at a youthful age
- early