youth

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The quality or state of being young.

   • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
   • Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.
2. 2

   The part of life following childhood

   The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.

   • Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
   • I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.
   • I don't find the pose of careless youth charming and engaging any more than you find the pose of careworn age fascinating and eccentric, I should imagine.
3. 3

   A young person.

   • There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
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   1. 4

      A young man

      A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

      • […]and then a youth appeared—no one quite knew where from or to whom he belonged—but he settled down with them in a happy-go-lucky way, and they all lived together.
   2. 5

      Young persons, collectively.

      • The actual brides- and grooms-to-be are not in attendance—many youth would be embarrassed by their parents’ matchmaking efforts, and often do not live in the same city anyway.

The neighborhood

• neighboryoung