Designating the earlier part of (one's) life; earlier. Often with possessive adjective. Frequently in younger days. Cf. young, adj. 4, youngest, adj.…

figurative. Youthful; characterized by growth, energy, or vigour.

Designating the earliest part of (one's) life; earliest. Often with possessive adjective. Chiefly in youngest days, youngest years. Cf. young, adj.…

Belonging to youth or earlier life; youthful, juvenile. Obsolete.

Of or forming the ‘spring-time’ of life.

Of, pertaining or belonging to, the springtime; appropriate to the spring; spring-like. figurative. Suggestive of spring; having the mildness or…

in bud (said of plants; cf. in leaf, in flower): budding. in the bud: not yet developed; often figurative = young, immature, ‘in the germ’. to nipor c…