Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Juvenal

(Latin, from juvenis). A youth; common in Shakespeare, thus—

“The juvenal the prince your master, whose chin is not yet fledged.” —2 Henry IV., i. 2.

Juvenal

The English Juvenal. John Oldham (1653-1683). The Juvenal of Painters. William Hogarth (1697-1764).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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