juvenal

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)

Etymology

From Latin iuvenālis (“youthful”), from iuvenis (“youth”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

Decimus Junius Juvenalis

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