| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A young person between birth and puberty: bud1, innocent, juvenile, moppet, tot1, youngster. Informal : kid. Scots : bairn. See KIN, YOUTH. 2. One descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: descendant, offspring, progeny, scion. See KIN. 3. A guileless, unsophisticated person: babe, ingénue, innocent, naive. Idioms: babe in the woods. See KNOWLEDGE. 4. One who is not yet legally of age: juvenile. Law : infant, minor. See LAW, YOUTH.
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