About The Word Youth
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Youth
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What's The Definition Of Youth?
[n] the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
[n] young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [n] a young person (especially a young man or boy) [n] early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced [n] the time of life between childhood and maturity [n] an early period of development; "during the youth of the project" Synonyms | Synonyms for Youth: early days | juvenility | spring chicken | young | young person | younker | youthfulness Related Terms | Find terms related to Youth: See Also | adolescence | age bracket | age group | blade | bloom | bloom of youth | cohort | hobbledehoy | juvenile | juvenile person | matureness | maturity | period | period of time | pup | puppy | salad days | slip | time of life | time period | youngness Youth In Webster's Dictionary \Youth\ ([=u]th), n.; pl. {Youths} ([=u]ths; 264) or
collectively {Youth}. [OE. youthe, youh[thorn]e,
[yogh]uhe[eth]e, [yogh]uwe[eth]e, [yogh]eo[yogh]e[eth]e, AS.
geogu[eth], geogo[eth]; akin to OS. jug[eth], D. jeugd, OHG.
jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. [root]281. See {Young}.]
1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness;
juvenility. ``In my flower of youth.'' --Milton.
Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial.
--Milton.
2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of
existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part
of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to
manhood.
He wondered that your lordship Would suffer him to
spend his youth at home. --Shak.
Those who pass their youth in vice are justly
condemned to spend their age in folly. --Rambler.
3. A young person; especially, a young man.
Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. --Dryden.
4. Young persons, collectively.
It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.
--B. Jonson.
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