youth

Plural

youths

1. 1.The quality or state of being young.

   • Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.
   • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

2. 2.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 adulthood.

   • Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
   • I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.
   • I don't find the pose of careless youth charming and engaging any more than you find the pose of careworn age fascinating and eccentric, I should imagine.

3. 3.A young person.

   • There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.

4. 4.A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

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