youth

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The period of life when someone is young.

   Make the most of your youth — it will not last forever.

2. 2
   noun

   Young people thought of as a group.

   The festival offers many activities for the youth of the town.

3. 3
   noun

   A young person, especially a young man.

   There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot.

4. 4
   noun

   The quality of being young and full of energy.

   Her face still has the freshness of youth.

From Middle English youthe, youghte, ȝouþe, from Old English ġeoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from Proto-West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþō, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.

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