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51Youthful — Youth ful, a. 1. Not yet mature or aged; young. Two youthful knights. Dryden. Also used figuratively. The youthful season of the year. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days;… …
52Youthfully — Youthful Youth ful, a. 1. Not yet mature or aged; young. Two youthful knights. Dryden. Also used figuratively. The youthful season of the year. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as,… …
53Youthfulness — Youthful Youth ful, a. 1. Not yet mature or aged; young. Two youthful knights. Dryden. Also used figuratively. The youthful season of the year. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as,… …
54CIVILITÉ — Ce terme fait dans le Littré l’objet d’une analyse très précise. Littré distingue civilité , politesse et courtoisie . «La civilité, écrit il, préside aux relations [...] entre concitoyens; la politesse est la qualité de celui qui a été poli; la… …
55puérilité — [ pɥerilite ] n. f. • 1394; lat. puerilitas 1 ♦ Caractère puéril, peu sérieux, peu mûr. ⇒ frivolité, futilité. « la puérilité de la plupart des dissentiments » (Maurois). « regarder la vie en face, sans puérilité » (Siegfried). La puérilité d un… …
56bébé — [ bebe ] n. m. • 1793, repris 1858; de l angl. baby 1 ♦ Jeune enfant (vx); enfant en bas âge. ⇒ nourrisson, nouveau né, poupon, tout petit. Un bébé dans son berceau, à la crèche. « Un bébé fait sa joie » (Hugo). Bébé éprouvette, conçu par… …
57childish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. infantile, puerile, juvenile, youthful, babyish; brattish; senile, simpleminded, weak, silly; credulous, naive, trustful. See credulity, youth. Ant., mature, wise. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having… …
58young — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. youthful; puerile; ageless; green; foundling; adolescent, juvenile, teenage; fresh, new; inexperienced, immature. See youth. n. offspring, children. See posterity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In the… …
59youthful — adjective a youthful new leader Syn: young looking, spry, sprightly, vigorous, active; young, boyish, girlish; fresh faced, in the springtime of life, in one s salad days Ant: old, elderly •• youthful, adolescent, callow, immature, juvenile,… …
60youthful — youthful, juvenile, puerile, boyish, virgin, virginal, maiden are comparable when they mean relating to or characteristic of one who is between childhood and adulthood; although their basic meaning is the same, they are seldom interchangeable… …
