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Ju"ve*nile, n. A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly. C. Bronté.

Ju"ve*nile*ness, n. The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility.

Ju`ve*nil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Juvenilities (#). [L. juvenilitas: cf. F. juvénilité.]

1. Youthfulness; adolescence. Glanvill.

2. The manners or character of youth; immaturity. Glanvill.

Ju"vi*a (?), n. (Bot.) A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree (Bertholetia excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts.

||Ju*wan"sa (?), n. (Bot.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel. || Ju*wise" (?), n. [Obs.] Same as Juise. Chaucer.

Jux`ta*pose" (?), v. t. [Cf. Juxtaposit, Pose.] To place in juxtaposition. Huxley.

Jux`ta*pos"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Juxtaposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Juxtapositing.] [L. juxta near + positus, p. p. of ponere to put.] To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose. Derham.

Jux`ta*po*si"tion (?), n. [L. juxta near + positio position: cf. F. juxtaposition. See Just, v. i., and Position.] A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition.

Glanvill.

Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity.

Hare.

Jym"old (jm"ld), a. [Obs.] See Gimmal.

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K, (k), the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phœnician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see).

In many words of one syllable k is used after c, as in crack, check, deck, being necessary to exhibit a correct pronunciation in the derivatives, cracked, checked, decked, cracking; since without it, c, before the vowels e and i, would be sounded like s. Formerly, k was added to c in certain words of Latin origin, as in musick, publick, republick; but now it is omitted.

See Guide to Pronunciation , §§ 240, 178, 179, 185.

Kaa"ma (?), n. (Zoöl.) The hartbeest.

Kab"a*la (?), n. See Cabala.

Ka*bas"sou (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Cabassou.

Ka*bob" (?), n. & v. t. See Cabob, n. & v. t.

Ka*book" (?), n. (min.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.

Ka*byle" (?), n. [Ar. qabla.] (Ethnol.) A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber.

Kad"der (?), n. [Cf. Caddow.] (Zoöl.) The jackdaw.

{ Ka"di (?), Ka`di*as"ter (?), } n. A Turkish judge. See Cadi.

Ka*fal" (?), n. (Bot.) The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.