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JUVENAL

• 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.

• JUVENAL (noun)

Sense 1

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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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