youth

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Old English ġeoguþ, from West Germanic *juwunþ-, from a Germanic base corresponding to young + -th. Cognate with Dutch jeugd, German Jugend.

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youth (countable and uncountable; plural youths)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
    Her youth and beauty is what attracted him to her.
  2. (uncountable) 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 manhood.
    Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
    I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.
  3. (countable) A young person
    There were a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
  4. (countable) A young man
  5. (uncountable) (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively.

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