01 n. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.
pl.
Youths, Youth ((ūths; 264))
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The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.“Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial.” — Milton.
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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.
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A young person; especially, a young man.“Seven youths from Athens yearly sent.” — Dryden.
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Young persons, collectively.“It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.” — B. Jonson.