ˌjüvəˈniləd.ē, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Latin juvenilitat-, juvenilitas, from juvenilis juvenile + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : youthful condition or manner
2.
a. : immaturity of thought or conduct : childishness
reveals the fatal juvenility … beneath the sophisticated surface — D.S.Savage
the juvenility of grown-up people — B.I.Bell
b. : an instance of such immaturity — usually used in plural
pettiness, juvenilities — John Adams