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Webster 1913 Edition
Youth
Youth
(ūth)
, Noun.
pl.
Youths
(ūths; 264)
or collectively Youth
. [OE.
youthe
, youhþe
, ȝuheðe
, ȝuweðe
, ȝeoȝeðe
, AS. geoguð
, geogoð
; akin to OS. juguð
, D. jeugd
, OHG. jugund
, G. jugend
, Goth. junda
. √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
Would suffer him to spend his
youth
at home. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Youth
YOUTH
,Noun.
1.
The part of life that succeeds to childhood. In a general sense, youth denotes the whole early part of life, from infancy to manhood; but it is not unusual to divide the stages of life into infancy, childhood, youth, and manhood. In this sense the word can have no plural.Those who pass their youth in vice, are justly condemned to spend their age in folly.
2.
A young man. In this sense it has a plural.Seven youths from Athens yearly sent--
3.
A young person, male or female.4.
Young persons, collectively.It is fit to youth to read the best authors first.