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▪ I. ˈyouthy, n. Sc. [f. youth + -y6.] A youthful person.
1795Macneill Scotl. Scaith i. xviii, The mair they crack'd, the mair ilk youthy Pray'd for drink to wash news down. ▪ II. youthy, a. Now rare or Obs.|ˈjuːθɪ| [f. youth + -y1. ‘A bad word’ (J.).] Having or affecting the character of youth: usually connoting a youthful appearance or behaviour inconsistent with the person's years.
1712Steele Spect. No. 296 ⁋5 Affecting a youthier Turn than is consistent with my Time of Day. 1819Scott Let. to J. Richardson 18 Jan. in Lockhart, A withered beauty who persists in looking youthy. 1841C. Fox Mem. Old Friends (1882) I. 231 When at college, Sterling had venerated and defended Shelley as a moralist as well as a poet, ‘being rather youthy’. Hence ˈyouthily adv., with the appearance of youth; ˈyouthiness, youthfulness, juvenility.
1821Blackw. Mag. VIII. 517 Bringing back with me..a sort of youthiness that lasted sometimes more than a fortnight. 1839Galt Demon of Dest. 6 His bright eyes shone youthily. |