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youngness|ˈjʌŋnɪs| [f. young a. + -ness.] The state or quality of being young; youthfulness: = youth 1, 3 (but usually expressing the character or appearance of one who is young, rather than the mere fact of being young).
1528Paynell Salerne's Regim. F j, Their drines is abated with the humidite of theyr yongnes. a1600Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxiii. 38 Will he my ȝongnes ȝit With mercy once remit, I trou to faill no more. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §18. 312 The Youngness and Newness of its Duration. a1735Earl of Haddington Forest-Trees (1756) 27 The youngness of the plants made them take root sooner than if they had been older. 1835Lytton Rienzi i. vii, How flushed and mighty as with the youngness of a god. 1901Munsey's Mag. XXV. 694/1 The first cabin passengers..exclaimed over his youngness and his good looks. 1919M. A. von Arnim Chris. & Col. xxx. 394 Those cunning little bits of youngness, the Twinkler sisters. †b. The time when one is young; the early period of life or existence: = youth 2. Obs.
1510–20Compl. of them that ben to late maryed (1862) 12 We twayne sholde have all our yongenesse..Passed in joye. 1579J. Knewstub Confut. 35 They let passe the childhood, or the yongnes of the holy vnderstanding, & grew vp..vnto the manly agednes of Christ. |