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youth

UK/juːθ/ US/jʉwθ/ common

noun

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young people collectively

  • “rock music appeals to the young”
  • “youth everywhere rises in revolt”
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an early period of development

  • “during the youth of the project”
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Origin

From Middle English youthe, youghte, ȝouþe, from Old English ġeoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from Proto-West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþō, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.

Phrases

  • fountain of youth
  • hilltop youth
  • in the flower of one's youth
  • mid youth
  • middle youth
  • youth academy
  • youth bulge
  • youth center

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