juvenility

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Above all, Reubens' worldwide introduction to Pee-wee earned the lifelong affection of millions thanks to the hero's wit, sweetness and arch juvenility.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2023

Surprisingly, the mistake in his birth date and the claim of juvenility was not raised by the courts, prosecutors and defence lawyers until very late in the case - 2018.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

But forgive me if, as a guy, I take particular offense at his attempt to conscript me and mine as conspirators in his loathsomeness, to make us guys human shields for his repugnant juvenility.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2016

In a similar way, the more juvenile jokes squeak by, sometimes, by dint of their flaunted juvenility.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2015

Where this juvenility is real, and not the illusion of the spectator’s own advancing years, it is largely to be explained by the order of students new since 1868.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)