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JUVENAL
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• JUVENAL (noun)
The noun JUVENAL has 1 sense:
1. Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
Familiarity information: JUVENAL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Decimus Junius Juvenalis; Juvenal
Instance hypernyms:
ironist; ridiculer; satirist (a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm)
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