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Juvenal
[ joo-vuh-nl ]
noun
- Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.
Juvenal
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noun
- Juvenal?60?140MRomanWRITING: satirist Latin name Decimus Junius Juvenalis. ?60–?140 ad , Roman satirist. In his 16 verse satires, he denounced the vices of imperial Rome
juvenal
2/ ˈ»åÏô³Ü˱¹Éª²ÔÉ™±ô /
adjective
- ornithol a variant spelling (esp US) of juvenile
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ´³³Ü·±¹±ð·²Ô²¹Â·±ô¾±Â·²¹²Ô [joo-v, uh, -, ney, -lee-, uh, n], adjective
Example Sentences
“Hear her grunt and groan as she works at it, parrying, thrusting,†Juvenal wrote.
Roman poet Juvenal coined the phrase “bread and circuses†nearly 2,000 years ago for the extravagant entertainment the Roman Empire used to distract attention from imperial policies that caused widespread discontent.
The genocide was sparked on the night of 6 April 1994, when Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana was assassinated - the plane he was on was shot down.
The genocide was sparked by the death of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana when his plane was shot down above the airport in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, on 6 April.
The genocide was sparked by the death of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April.
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