1. Works (such as literary or artistic pieces) produced by an author or artist during youth or early in their career, typically considered immature or of lesser quality than their later work.
Usage: Usually plural; often used in literary or art criticism; Latin-derived term; formal register

Examples

• The museum displayed the artist's juvenilias alongside her celebrated later paintings.
• Scholars often dismiss an author's juvenilias as experimental and unpolished.
• His juvenilias reveal the creative seeds of his eventual literary success.
• The collection includes juvenilias written before she became famous.
• Critics tend to be more forgiving of juvenilias when evaluating a writer's overall legacy.