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youth

  [yooth]
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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.

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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Word Origin & History

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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