semperjuvenescent
/ˌsɛmpədʒuːvɪˈnɛsənt/
semperjuvenescent means forever young or growing younger. It carries an Arena rating of 1289, earned across 6 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, semperjuvenescent ranks #530 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #1,266 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,643 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #3,693 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
semperjuvenescent is pronounced /ˌsɛmpədʒuːvɪˈnɛsənt/.
Why “semperjuvenescent” is a great word
Describing a state of forever being or becoming young. From the Latin adverb *semper* ("always") and the present participle *juvenescent* (from Latin *juvenescere*, "to grow young"). Unlike "sempiternal," which suggests an eternal but static duration, or "perennial," which implies a reliable return, semperjuvenescent carries the active, inward pull of rejuvenation. It is the mythic fountain bubbling in a forgotten grove, the arc of a story that circles not back to its beginning but to a state of untarnished potential, and the silver in a widow's hair that slowly reddens at the roots. It is the quiet, impossible hope that one might shed years like a skin, growing lighter as the world grows old—a word for the longing to invert the one-way arrow of time.
Etymology
From semper- + juvenescent.
adj
- Forever young or growing younger.e.g.“Blisses of an immortal and semperjuvenescent life.” — 1830, Fraser’s Magazine, volume 1, page 342:
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