semperjuvenescent
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From semper- + juvenescent.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĕm'pəjo͞ovĭnĕʹsənt, IPA(key): /ˌsɛmpədʒuːvɪˈnɛsənt/
Adjective
[edit]semperjuvenescent (not comparable)
- (rare, literary) Forever young or growing younger.
- 1830, Fraser’s Magazine, volume 1, page 342:
- Blisses of an immortal and semperjuvenescent life.
References
[edit]- “semper-juvenescent a.” defined as a derived term of the prefix “‖semper-”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]