youth

[yooth] /yuθ/
noun, plural youths
[yooths, yooth z] /yuθs, yuðz/ (Show IPA). (collectively) youth.
1.
the condition of being young.
2.
the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young.
3.
the time of being young; early life:
His youth was spent on the farm.
4.
the period of life from puberty to the attainment of full growth; adolescence.
5.
the first or early period of anything:
The business, even in its youth, showed great potential.
6.
young persons collectively.
7.
a young person, especially a young man or male adolescent.
Origin
before 900; Middle English youthe, Old English geoguth; cognate with Dutch jeugd, German Jugend
Related forms
youthless, adjective
Synonyms
3. minority, immaturity. 7. youngster, teenager, adolescent, stripling, lad, boy.
Antonyms
1, 3. maturity.

Youth

[yooth] /yuθ/
noun
1.
Isle of, an island in the Caribbean, a special municipality in S Cuba. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).
Spanish Isla de la Juventud.
Formerly Isle of Pines.
Examples from the web for youth
  • Tom grows into a vigorous and lusty, yet honest and kindhearted, youth.
  • Mentioned in the sonic youth song trilogy from the album daydream nation.
  • Garcia had several traumatic or tragic events occur during his youth.
  • Gold flake now targeted the adult as well as the youth smokers.
  • As a youth, he sinned for its own sake, and later, in the pursuit of a perceived good.
  • It is mostly applied to minor street disorders and fighting by urban youth.
  • The color, when combined with gold, is seen as representing the fading away of youth.
  • It concerns a man who has lost the idealistic values of his youth.
  • There is a local fire brigade, and there is also a youth fire brigade.
  • Before he was pope he used to camp and mountain hike with the youth.
British Dictionary definitions for youth

youth

/juːθ/
noun (pl) youths (juːðz)
1.
the quality or condition of being young, immature, or inexperienced: his youth told against him in the contest
2.
the period between childhood and maturity, esp adolescence and early adulthood
3.
the freshness, vigour, or vitality characteristic of young people: youth shone out from her face
4.
any period of early development: the project was in its youth
5.
a young person, esp a young man or boy
6.
young people collectively: youth everywhere is rising in revolt
Derived Forms
youthless, adjective
Word Origin
Old English geogoth; related to Old Frisian jogethe, Old High German iugund, Gothic junda, Latin juventus

Youth

/juːθ/
noun
1.
Isle of Youth, an island in the NW Caribbean, south of Cuba: administratively part of Cuba from 1925. Chief town: Nueva Gerona. Pop: 80 600 (2002 est). Area: 3061 sq km (1182 sq miles) Former name Isle of Pines Spanish name Isla de la Juventud (ˈizla ðe la xuβenˈtuð)
Word Origin and History for youth
n.

Old English geoguð "youth," related to geong "young," from West Germanic *jugunthiz (cf. Old Saxon juguth, Old Frisian jogethe, Middle Dutch joghet, Dutch jeugd, Old High German jugund, German Jugend, Gothic junda "youth"), from the source of young (adj.)) + Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).

The West-Germanic form was altered from Proto-Germanic *juwunthiz by influence of its contrast, *dugunthiz "ability" (source of Old English duguð). In Middle English, the medial -g- became a yogh, which then disappeared.

They said that age was truth, and that the young
Marred with wild hopes the peace of slavery
[Shelley]