youth

Definitions


[juːθ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the period between childhood and adult age
(e.g: he had been a keen sportsman in his youth)

- a young man
(e.g: he was attacked by a gang of youths)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English geoguth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeugd, German Jugend, also to young




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