juvenility

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

Oh! why does juvenility, or decrepitude, or duty deprive us of the joy of taking part in your enterprise?

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them—and by laughing at them destroy them?

From The Mysterious Stranger by Twain, Mark

I heartily wish I had any verses which with a clear mind I could send you in lieu of these juvenilities.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

He is still preserved from active mischief by his astonishing self-consciousness and lack of humour; when he has outgrown these juvenilities, he will be really formidable.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen

One is often surprised at the juvenilities which grown people indulge in at sea, and the interest they take in them, and the consuming enjoyment they get out of them.

From Following the Equator — Part 1 by Twain, Mark

Admiration of his fantastic heroes and their grotesque "chivalry" doings and romantic juvenilities still survives here, in an atmosphere in which is already perceptible the wholesome and practical nineteenth century smell of cotton-factories and locomotives.'

From Sir Walter Scott A Lecture at the Sorbonne by Ker, William Paton