1. works produced by an author or artist in their youth, especially early literary works
Usage: literary; plural form

Examples

• The museum displayed Shakespeare’s juvenilia alongside his famous plays.
• Her juvenilia showed promise but lacked the sophistication of her later novels.
• Critics often dismiss an author’s juvenilia as immature experiments.
• The poet’s juvenilia were published posthumously in a collected edition.
• Students studied Dickens’s juvenilia to trace his literary development.
• The artist’s juvenilia revealed her early fascination with landscapes.