Obs. [a. OF. jovencel, mod.F. jouvenceau = It. giovincello:—late L. *juvencellus (cf. cl. L. juvenculus), dim. of juvencus young.] A young man, a youth.
c. 1489. Caxton, Blanchardyn, iii. 18. The Iouencel blanchardyn, Ioyful and gladde. Ibid. (1490), Eneydos, xxxvi. 124. One of the Iouencellys that thus dyde sporte hym selfe there.
