youth

Meaning

1. The quality or state of being young.
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.
3. A young person.
4. A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
5. Young persons, collectively.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/juːθ/

Etymology

From Middle English youthe, youghte, ȝouþe, from Old English ġeoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from Proto-West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþō, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young + -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.

Sentences

All songs by Ciccone Youth , except where noted .