Meanings
plural rejuveniles
- informalAn adult whose interests and activities are characteristic of those of children.
At $15 to $30 for each action figure, re-staffing the Cobra Command center (home to G.I. Joe's arch-nemesis, Cobra Commander) isn't cheap. So what's driving this rejuvenile movement? Marketing, mostly.
2007 December 15, Tony Dokoupil, “Forty-Year-Old Virgins”, in NewsweekSynonyms: adultescent, kidult
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn adult whose interests and activities are characteristic of those of children.
Origin
From re- + juvenile. Compare rejuvenate.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
rejuvenile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejuvenile
“rejuvenile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejuvenile. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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