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youth
Young persons, collectively
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
A young person
The quality or state of being young
early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced
the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
n The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer
The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility
A {fuddy-duddy} term when used as a noun designating a young person, rather than the state of being young In such cases its use is usually by persons who are not youthful themselves, unless they are cursed with premature {stuffed-shirtedness} In addition, youth is probably not really considered {politically correct} by many of those it is intended to describe Persons so designated generally prefer to be called young people, or teenagers, or sometimes just kids, as appropriate Unfortunately, there is no succinct alternative in English <<``Hello there, youth! What seems to be troubling you?'' ``None of your business, you old goat!''>> A poor choice of address <<Youths: What are your goals in life?>> Stuffy, but better <<Youth is wasted on the young >> Good, because youth here means the condition of being young, rather than young people People from New York sometimes pronounce it YOOF or YOOT
Youth, as currently defined by the UUA's YRUU, are people aged 14 to 20 This definition applies only to continental activities--local groups make their own definitions, some including people as young as 12 and as old as 22 or 25
young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
Journalists often refer to young men as youths, especially when they are reporting that the young men have caused trouble. gangs of youths who broke windows and looted shops
the time of life between childhood and maturity
Aloysius Gonzaga
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
2 is represented in Painting, Sculpture &c by a young man, in the prime of his years, with his mouth bound, (signifying that silence is not only commendable, but necessary in youth) holding under one arm a hare (as a symbol of watchfulness) and in the other a fish Or, clad in blue, with a garland of flowers on his head, in a dancing posture, and playing on a harp
Individuals between the ages of 14 and 21; Younger youth are 14-18; Older youth are 19-21
an early period of development; "during the youth of the project"
A young person; especially, a young man

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