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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.
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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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