Hypertext Webster Gateway: "youth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
youth
n 1: a young person (especially a young man or boy) [syn: {young
person}, {younker}, {spring chicken}]
2: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the
young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: {young}]
[ant: {aged}]
3: the time of life between childhood and maturity
4: early maturity; the state of being young or immature or
inexperienced
5: an early period of development; "during the youth of the
project" [syn: {early days}]
6: the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
[syn: {youthfulness}, {juvenility}]
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