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youth

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–noun, plural youths  [yooths, yoothz] , (collectively) youth.
1. the condition of being young.
2. the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young.
3. the time of being young; early life: His youth was spent on the farm.
4. the period of life from puberty to the attainment of full growth; adolescence.
5. the first or early period of anything: The business, even in its youth, showed great potential.
6. young persons collectively.
7. a young person, esp. a young man or male adolescent.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME youthe, OE geoguth; c. D jeugd, G Jugend

Related forms:
youthless, adjective

Synonyms:
3. minority, immaturity. 7. youngster, teenager, adolescent, stripling, lad, boy.

Antonyms:
1, 3. maturity.
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Youth

  [yooth]
–noun
Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 86,600; 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
Spanish, Isla de la Juventud.
Formerly, Isle of Pines.
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youth   (yōōth)   
n.   pl. youths (yōōths, yōōthz)
    1. The condition or quality of being young.
    2. An early period of development or existence: a nation in its youth.
    3. A young person, especially a young male in late adolescence.
    4. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Young people considered as a group.
  2. The time of life between childhood and maturity.
    1. A young person, especially a young male in late adolescence.
    2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Young people considered as a group.
  4. Geology The first stage in the erosion cycle.

[Middle English youthe, from Old English geoguth; see yeu- in Indo-European roots.]
Youth   (yōōth)   
An island in the Caribbean Sea south of western Cuba. Discovered by Columbus in 1494, it was later a penal colony and a rendezvous for pirates. It was claimed by both the United States and Cuba until a 1925 treaty confirmed Cuba's sovereignty.
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Youth

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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Language Translation for : youth
Spanish: juventud,
German: die Jugend,
Japanese: 青年時代
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youth 
O.E. geoguð "youth," related to geong "young," from W.Gmc. *jugunthiz, altered from P.Gmc. *juwunthiz (cf. O.S. juguth, O.Fris. jogethe, M.Du. joghet, Du. jeugd, O.H.G. jugund, Ger. Jugend, Goth. junda "youth;" see young) by influence of its contrast, *dugunthiz "ability" (source of O.E. duguð). In M.E., the medial -g- became a yogh, which then disappeared. Youthful first attested 1561.
"They said that age was truth, and that the young
Marred with wild hopes the peace of slavery"
[Shelley]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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