youthn.
/juːθ/, U.S. /juθ/ 1.
a. The fact or state of being young; youngness. (Often blending with sense 2.)
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > state, quality, or fact of
youthhood971
youtha1100
youthheadc1220
youngnessc1350
tenderc1400
youthnessc1475
unripenessa1500
youthlikeness1549
youthfulness1587
primeve1619
juvenility1623
infantility1631
youthfullity1763
youthiness1821
underdevelopment1891
vealiness1895
a1100 Aldhelm Glossess i. 2843 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 77/1 Teneritudine, iungan iugeþe.
c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. D) ann. 975 On his dagum for his iugoðe, Godes wiþærsacan Godes lage bræcon.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1462 Nim ȝeme of þi ȝuheðe.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 84 Seynge þe ȝouþe of þe childe.
c1425 Engl. Conquest Ireland (1896) 68 Other tweyn of hys bretheren, (that throgh yought & foolrede hym folwed).
a1500 Coventry Corpus Christi Plays ii. 751 Thogh thatt my vthe frome me be worne.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxii. 65 They knewe well by the reason of his yought hunger opressyd hym more then it dyde to them of gretter age.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 195 By your authoritie, the people may be moved the rather to beleve the trewth, whareof many dowbtes be reassone of our yowght.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 147 Our youths, and wildenesse, shall no whit appeare, But all be buried in his Grauity. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 116 A Snake..renew'd in all the speckl'd Pride Of pompous Youth . View more context for this quotation
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 122 Their free behaviour are generally attributed to Youth and Gaiety.
1796 E. Burke Let. Dr. Hussey Dec. in Corr. (1844) IV. 401 If I had youth and strength, I would go myself over to Ireland to work on that plan.
1803 Beddoes in Med. Jrnl. 10 572 He has youth on his side, and it is odds but he gets over it [sc. a disease].
b. figurative. Newness, novelty, recentness.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun]
newnesseOE
novelrya1393
novelty1402
newelty1435
newhead?a1475
novelnessa1485
novellityc1485
novity1569
youtha1600
novelism1626
spick-and-span newness1640
noveltiness1690
brand-newness1854
gee-whizzery1971
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 53 These opinions have youth in their countenance.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 219 If that the youth of my newe intrest heere haue power to bid you welcome. View more context for this quotation
2.
a. The time when one is young; the early part or period of life; more specifically, the period from puberty till the attainment of full growth, between childhood and adult age.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun]
youthc897
youngheada1300
youngthc1330
juvent1377
juventy1377
first youtha1387
youthheada1400
joyfnesc1400
junessec1430
young daysa1464
juventudec1470
younga1475
youngness?1505
flower?1507
juventute1541
prime tide1549
spring1553
April1583
springtime1583
nonage1584
prime1584
flowering youth1586
primrose1590
greenc1595
dancing-days1599
primrose-time1606
leaping timea1616
salad daysa1616
minority1632
juvenency1656
coltagec1720
youdith1723
veal-bones1785
whelphood1847
colthood1865
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxxi. 206 Ðære scame & ðære scande þe ðu on iuguðe worhtes ic gedo ðæt ðu forgitst.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xviii. 21 Eall þis ic heold of minre geoguþe.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 127 On his ȝuweðe he fleh fro folke to weste.
a1250 Prov. Ælfred 100 in Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 108 Þe mon þe on his youhþe yeorne leorneþ wit and wisdom.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10436 Alle þe ȝongest bachelers Þat..were of ȝouþe.
c1400 Rule St. Benet (verse) 14 Women..Þat leris no latyn in þar ȝouth.
1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 179 Most fortunable chiftane bothe in yhouth and eild.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. viii. D The ymaginacion of mans hert is euell, euen from the very youth of him [1611 from his youth].
1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 72 One of those old boys who have been great rakes in their youth.
1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 11 As soon as they begin to grow up and pass from infancy to youth.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight vii. 103 In the case of any kind of optical defect, it is a great advantage to begin the use of glasses in youth.
b. transferred and figurative. Early stage or period of existence.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > newness, freshness, or originality > early stage of existence or the world
prime timea1556
boyhood?1577
youth1604
pupillage1606
youthhood1828
foretime1853
earlies1927
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 7 A Violet in the youth of primy nature. View more context for this quotation
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 108 As the Bough grew in the youth of the Tree.
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 14 One very bad [quality]..that often ruins part of its Crop, while in their youth.
1883 Church Times 9 Nov. 813/2 Lutheranism..covers a smaller area to-day than it did in its early youth.
3. A quality or condition characteristic of the young; e.g. youthful freshness or vigour; youthful wantonness, folly, or rashness; youthful appearance or aspect.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > youthful quality
youth971
971 Blickl. Hom. 65 Þær is geogoþ buton ylde.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 145 Þer scal beon..Ivȝeðe [v.rr. ȝeoȝeðe, ȝieuð] wið-uten elde.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cii[i]. 5 Als erne þi yhouthe be newed sal.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 263 Sche..preide hem alle..To grante Eson his ferste youthe.
1475 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 158 Tyll..þat youkke of wedlokke ly in my nekke..youth shall rene in me as hyt has done in you afore tyme.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 244 Now is loste our beaulte and our yougthe thorughe grete synne.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxv. 140 b/2 Though..that youthe of wytte haue made hym to defye the kynge.
a1653 H. Binning Serm., John i. 5 in Wks. (1725) 410/2 [The sun] puts a Youth upon the World.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 16 The Enervating of their Youth and Vigour.
1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond II. i. 8 After she had purchased all of youth which age can purchase for money.
1844 E. B. Browning Rhapsody Life's Progress viii Oh, the soul keeps its youth! But the body faints sore.
4. Personified, or vaguely denoting any young person or persons (without article).Here perhaps belongs yougthes folke (Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 9), which was imitated by Davison (see youngth n. 1).
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > personified
youth1390
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 358 I sih wher lusty Youthe tho..Stod with his route wel begon.
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles Prol. 69 They shall fynde ffele ffawtis ffoure score and odde, That youghthe weneth alwey þat it be witte euere.
c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 93 Ful of corage is ȝouȝeþe in herte.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1052 Ȝowith is recheles.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/1 Slipper youth [must be] vnderpropped with elder counsayle.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 48 We haue an olde (Prouerb) youth will haue his course.
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 27 Youth enclines to Wantonness and Prodigality.
1757 T. Gray Ode II ii. ii, in Odes 17 Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. iii. i. 251 Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
5. Young people (or creatures) collectively; the young. (With or without the; now always construed as plural.)
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the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > young people collectively
youngeOE
youthc897
maidhooda1200
youngth1484
youthhead1562
frya1577
younkery1594
Jack and Jill1621
jeunesse1673
youthhood1690
juvenility1823
jeunesse dorée1828
flaming youth1923
yoof1986
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care Pref. 7 Eall sio gioguð ðe nu is on Angelcynne friora monna.
OE Beowulf 66 Oðð þæt seo geogoð geweox.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9898 Bezst alre ȝeoȝeðe. þa..a þan dæȝen weore. Ærður ihaten.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7670 & inne Æst-saxe heore aðeleste ȝuȝeðe.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 101 The yl & idul bryngyng up of youth here in our cuntrey.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 103 To overse the educatyon of uthe.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxiii. 118 Youth from seuen till one and twenty, will abyde much exercising.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. 0. 1 Now all the Youth of England are on fire. View more context for this quotation
1656 J. Harrington Oceana (1658) 204 The Elders could remember that they had been Youth.
1748 T. Gray Ode in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 266 The insect youth are on the wing.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxxv. 65 The unexpected death of some old lady Or gentleman..Who've made ‘us youth’ wait too—too long already For an estate.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. ii. 25 When there was peace at home, the youth sought opportunities of distinguishing..themselves in distant warfare.
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 292/1 There was a native innocence in the New York youth of both sexes that was pleasing to our pride.
6.
a. A young person; esp. a young man between boyhood and mature age; sometimes, esp. in earlier use, more widely (see quots.).‘Formerly sometimes (and still in dialect or vulgar speech) pleonastically qualified by young.’ ( N.E.D.)
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the world > people > person > young person > [noun]
youngeOE
younglingOE
girlc1300
youtha1325
young onec1384
birdc1405
young person1438
young blood1557
primrosea1568
slip1582
juvenal1598
quat1607
airling1611
egga1616
saplinga1616
chita1657
a slip of a girla1660
juvenile1733
young adult1762
boots1806
snip1838
spring chicken1857
yob1859
kid1884
chiseller1922
juvenile adult1926
YA1974
yoof1986
the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]
frumberdlingc1000
young manOE
childc1225
hind1297
pagec1300
youtha1325
fawnc1369
swainc1386
stripling1398
boy1440
springaldc1450
jovencel1490
younkera1522
speara1529
gorrel1530
lad1535
hobbledehoy1540
cockerel1547
waga1556
spring1559
loonc1560
hensure1568
youngster1577
imp1578
pigsney1581
cocklinga1586
demy1589
muchacho1591
shaver1592
snipper-snappera1593
callant1597
spaught1598
stubble boy1598
ghillie1603
codling1612
cuba1616
skippera1616
man-boy1637
sprig1646
callow1651
halflang1660
stubbed boy1683
gossoon1684
gilpie1718
stirraha1722
young lion1792
halfling1794
pubescent1795
young man1810
sixteener1824
señorito1843
tad1845
boysie1846
shaveling1854
ephebe1880
boychick1921
lightie1946
young blood1967
studmuffin1986
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2665 Bi dat time ðat he was guð, Wið faigered and strengthe kuð.
a1400 Pistill of Susan 230 He lift vp þe lach and leop ouer þe lake, Þat ȝouthe.
1580 W. Hergest (title) The Right Rule of Christian Chastitie; profitable to bee read of all godly and vertuous Youthes of both sexe.
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 32 b Accompanied with a multitude of women, young youthes and children.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 31 He that hath a beard, is more then a youth: and he that hath no beard, is lesse then a man. View more context for this quotation
1605 R. Treswell Relation Journey Earle of Nottingham 32 A youth of ten yeares of age.
1611 Bible (King James) Susanna 45 The Lord raised vp the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 34 The jocond rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid.
1687 Reasonableness & Toleration 16 He ended his days a young Youth, in the 24th Year of his Age.
1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 263 Wch was in the eleventh Year of his Age, and yt he was then a very hopefull Youth.
1774 tr. Chesterfield's Lett. Kal. May 1741 To-morrow..you will attain your ninth year; so that, for the future, I shall treat you as a youth.
1805 Ann. Reg., Chron. 396/2 Two youths, one 14 and the other 8 years of age, sons of a poor man.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxi. 328 The pot-boy, the muffin youth, and the baked-potato man.
1881 19th Cent. May 780 Before she was twenty she wrote verses like other youths.
b. (esp. college youth.) Applied technically to societies of bellringers. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > bell-ringer > [noun]
ringerc1425
bell-ringer1543
toller1550
knoller1611
stretch-rope1634
college youth1668
change ringer1756
handbell ringera1802
tintinnabulary1825
tintinnabulist1830
treble-ringer1899
1668 Tintinnalogia (1671) Ded. To the Noble Society of Colledge-Youths.
1816 W. Shipway Campanologia p. xix The Society of College Youths, in the summer of 1657, on a visit to Cambridge, were presented by Mr. Stedman with his peculiar production on five bells.
1855 T. Bailey Ann. Notts. IV. 29 The bells at St. Peter's church re-cast this year;..The following are the inscriptions upon them: First, or Treble.—‘I was given by the Society of Northern Youths, in 1672, and recast by the Sherwood Youths, in 1771.’
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
youth cult n.
ΚΠ
1968 Harper's Oct. 8/3 That temptation to jump on the youthcult bandwagon is hard to resist.
1976 B. Bova Multiple Man vii. 73 Aspen was once a center of the youth cult... Kids from all over the country flocked there.
1980 J. O'Faolain No Country for Young Men x. 209 Typical Ireland! They got the youth cult ten years late.
youth culture n.
ΚΠ
1958 Listener 28 Aug. 308/2 We know little or nothing about the motivation of the new youth culture, whose emergence is one of the key phenomena of the 'fifties.
1977 M. Dickstein Gates of Eden 289 The best ongoing rock criticism, some of it quite sharp, appeared in periodicals associated with the youth culture of the sixties, such as Rolling Stone, Creem, Crawdaddy and the Village Voice.
1985 Isis 3 May 4/2 Youth culture implies the new, the non-conformist, the intractable, yet these still form themselves into cults with rules to keep you right.
youth-day n.
ΚΠ
1953 C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit v. 55 I too gave tongue in my piping youth-days.
youth-group n.
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1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 155 The youth-group for a while looked on critically at us rapturous elders.
youth movement n.
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1921 Survey 31 Dec. 487 (heading) Youth movement of Germany.
1941 ‘G. Orwell’ Lion & Unicorn i. 16 No party rallies, no Youth Movements.
1982 Listener 11 Feb. 3/1 The youth movements and their clashes with the police in the 1960s.
youth organization n.
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1959 Listener 2 July 17/2 Local institutions: for example, water boards, youth organizations and universities.
youth-slip n.
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1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 152 'Tis better bear the Youth-slips of a King..Then to fill all with Blood floods of Debate.
youth-state n.
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1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 81 Publius Rutilius youthstate [L. adolescentiam].
youth-tide n.
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1873 E. J. Brennan Witch of Nemi 291 The seeds that in youth-tide we sow.
youth-time n.
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1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 307 Their works, produced in the youth-time of the human race.
1895 Educat. Rev. Sept. 190 Miss Cobbe regrets the banished grace of her mother's youthtime.
b.
youth-bold adj.
ΚΠ
1599 J. Sylvester tr. J. Du Nesme Miracle Peace in Fraunce 17 My youth-bold thoughts.
youth-consuming adj.
ΚΠ
?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse i. sig. C1v That heauy youth consuming miserie.
c.
youth-bereft adj.
ΚΠ
1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xix. 292 As on the towing-path, so on the youth-bereft rafts of the barges, yonder, stood many stupefied elders, staring at the river.
youth-charmed adj.
ΚΠ
1943 C. Day Lewis Word over All 16 Oh youth-charmed hours.
youth-oriented adj.
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1977 Gay News 7 Apr. 8/3 It's always been known as a youth-oriented action spot.
1982 S. Brett Murder Unprompted v. 51 The new youth-oriented culture.
C2. † youthgrass n. Obsolete a name for sundew.† youthlike adj. and adv. Obsolete (a) adj. resembling or having the character of youth, juvenile (cf. youthly adj.); (b) adv. like a youth, or in the manner of youth.† youthlikeness n. Obsolete† youth-master n. Obsolete a master who teaches young people.† youthwort n. Obsolete = youthgrass n.
Youth Aliyah n. [Hebrew ăliyah ascent] a movement begun in 1933 for the emigration of young Jews to Palestine.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [noun] > movement for emigration of Jews
Youth Aliyah1936
society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > migration > emigration > [adjective] > movement for emigration of Jews
Youth Aliyah1936
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > Zionist parties or organizations
Poale Zion1912
Hadassah1913
Youth Aliyah1936
Irgun1946
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [adjective] > Zionist parties or organizations
Youth Aliyah1936
1936 H. Szold Let. 4 Sept. in M. Lowenthal Henrietta Szold: Life & Lett. (1942) xvi. 312 We build homes, we work our heads off over Youth Aliyah and social service.
1968 P. Durst Badge of Infamy i. 3 A Youth Aliyah village in a kibbutz south of Tel Aviv.
1975 E. Avriel Open the Gates! vi. 62 We had a number of special immigration certificates for youngsters from the separately functioning body of Youth Aliyah.
youth and old age n. = zinnia n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > other composite flowers
ox-eyea1400
starwort?a1450
Jupiter's beard1567
goldenrod1568
achillea1597
blue camomile1597
blue daisy1597
cineraria1597
hog's bean1597
jackanapes on horseback1597
sea-starwort1597
sultan flower1629
mouse-ear1696
aster1706
Canada goldenrod1731
ageratum1737
rudbeckia1751
coreopsis1753
melampodium1754
Aaron's rod1760
zinnia1761
Michaelmas daisy1767
China aster1785
New England aster1785
catananche1798
sea-aster1812
cosmea1813
cosmos1813
gazania1813
erigeron1815
gousblom1822
Christmas daisy1829
rhodanthe1834
tassel-flower1836
ligularia1839
old maid1839
mountain daisy1848
purple coneflower1848
acroclinium1852
sea ox-eye1856
thimble-weed1860
helipterum1862
treasure-flower1866
Swan River daisy1873
blanket flower1879
cone-flower1879
blue marguerite1882
Solidago1883
yellow-top1887
Gaillardia1888
gerbera1889
youth and old age1889
pussytoes1892
niggerhead1893
Transvaal daisy1899
Barberton daisy1906
onion grass1909
ursinia1928
Cupid's dart1930
Livingstone daisy1932
1889 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening IV. 241/2 Zinnia... Youth and Old Age.
1971 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 80/1 Zinnias—common name ‘youth-and-old-age’—have normally bloomed in late summer.
youth camp n. one of the camps of various kinds that were established for young people in Germany under the Nazis.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific youth organizations
Boys' Brigade1872
YMCA1881
Girls' Brigade1890
Y.M.1913
Y.F.C.1931
YHA1931
Y.W.1937
youth camp1942
1936 Liverpool Echo 5 Sept. 4/1 (heading) A visit to a Hitler youth camp.]
1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 217 Those absurd instructors who harangued the youth camps.
1975 H. W. Koch Hitler Youth ix. 196 Officials of the party and the Hitler Youth participated. Final selection of candidates was made early each year in what was described as ‘Youth Camp’.
youth centre n. a building providing social and recreational facilities for young people.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > public centre for recreation > for young people
youth club1940
youth centre1942
1942 H. C. Warner Christian Youth Leadership ii. 26 We have seen the sudden outcrop of Youth Centres, Youth Service Corps, Juvenile Civil Defence Units, etc.
1958 I. Murdoch Bell xx. 251 The opening of a new youth centre.
1976 ‘W. Trevor’ Children of Dynmouth i. 21 The Youth Centre curtains are apparently unavailable for the Easter Fête, dear.
youth club n. a social club provided for the spare-time activities of young people; the premises of such a club.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [noun] > public centre for recreation > for young people
youth club1940
youth centre1942
1940 Times 19 Sept. 7/3 Youth clubs may be found in all districts of the city.
1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 249 Some of the blocks..had community centres and youth clubs.
1957 J. Osborne Entertainer 28 I was teaching Art to a bunch of Youth Club kids.
1980 P. Lively Judgement Day i. 7 He was no good at Youth Clubs and disturbed black teenagers.
Youth Employment Service n. an advisory service for school leavers set up in 1948 and superseded by the Careers Advisory Service; also elliptical; so Youth Employment office, Youth Employment officer.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > working > career > [noun] > training organization
Youth Employment Service1948
Job Corps1964
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > services or organizations providing
advice bureau1886
Consumers' Council1917
Citizens Advice Bureau1939
Youth Employment Service1948
1948 Youth Employment Service (Min. Labour) 1 Local Education Authorities in England and Wales..may be authorised by means of a scheme approved by the Minister of Labour and National Service to operate a Youth Employment Service.
1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London vi. 105 In theory, the youth employment service is available to help school leavers find suitable work. In fact, although more of the boys in the sample had got their first job through the Youth Employment Officer than any other single source, they were not a majority.
1976 L. Thomas Dangerous Davies iv. 30 She had gone to the youth employment office..to inquire about..becoming a nurse.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Droseraceae (sundew and allies) > [noun]
rosa solis1568
ros solis1578
sundew1578
youthgrass1584
lust-wort1597
moor grass1597
red rot1597
youthwort1597
rose of the sun1631
drosera1801
dew-plant1869
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxxiv. 228 In Lankashire..the common people do call it youth grasse, and they think that it rotteth sheepe.
youth hostel n. [translating German jugendherberge] a hostel providing cheap overnight accommodation for young travellers and holiday-makers.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > public lodging-places > [noun] > youth hostel, etc.
YMCA1881
YWCA1887
Y.M.1913
youth hostel1929
hostel1931
Y.W.1937
1929 Liverpool Post & Mercury 13 Dec. 7/5 (heading) Youth hostels.
1929 Liverpool Post & Mercury 13 Dec. 7/5 A meeting..held last evening in Liverpool, passed a resolution in favour of proceeding with the formation of a local Youth Hostel Association for the purpose of providing hostels in North Wales for holiday sojourns on the lines of those already existing on the Continent, in Scotland, and Northumberland.
1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway ix. 185 ‘Are you fond of hiking?’ ‘We used to do a lot,’ he said. ‘Staying in Youth Hostels?’ she inquired.
1977 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 June 24/4 When the original—and still operating—youth hostel opened its doors in the West German town of Altena 68 years ago, its purpose was to provide inexpensive accommodations for young students on walking trips.
youth-hostel v. (intransitive) .
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > in youth hostel
youth-hostel1972
1972 D. Devine Three Green Bottles i. iv. 39 I was youth-hostelling on a hired bicycle.
1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xvii. 441 The typical fate of Australians in England, youth-hosteling on a shoestring, working for a pittance.
youth hosteller n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > youth hosteller
youth hosteller1933
hosteller1951
1933 Y.H.A. Rucksack Summer 42/1 This is written as a challenge to Youth Hostellers everywhere to send us word whether they want such a hostel.
1977 M. Drabble Ice Age ii. 152 Whenever he went to any of the three pubs..he had to spend his time listening to complaints about the behaviour of delinquent youth hostellers.
youth-hostelling n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [noun] > in youth hostel
youth-hostelling1947
hostelling1951
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > travelling from one youth hostel to another
youth-hostelling1947
hostelling1951
1947 (title) Youth hostelling abroad.
1959 Woman 2 May 3/4 Youth Hostelling is great fun, for those who enjoy an outdoor holiday, with a sufficiency of male escorts.
youth leader n. a person having charge of young people in a youth club or other youth organization.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > leader > of youth organization
youth leader1936
1936 Liverpool Echo 5 Sept. 4/1 In the streets [of Germany] we met policemen, storm-troopers, youth-leaders, soldiers,..all in their various uniforms.
1958 Listener 21 Aug. 256/1 Youth leaders trained in Spain by Franco's Falange.
1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline i. 10 A youth leader at a church club in London.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adverb]
youngly1533
youthly1541
youthfully1581
youthlike1582
puerilely1654
verdantly1828
youthily1839
juvenilely1889
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > youthful (of beings)
youngOE
young-like1530
young-old1558
youthly1566
youthlike1582
youthful1590
young-eyed1600
youthsome1661
youthy1712
early1814
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 36 When shee shaw Priamus yoouthlyk surcharged in armour.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Kk8 All such, whom either youthfull age, or youth-like mindes did fill with vnlimited desires.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > state, quality, or fact of
youthhood971
youtha1100
youthheadc1220
youngnessc1350
tenderc1400
youthnessc1475
unripenessa1500
youthlikeness1549
youthfulness1587
primeve1619
juvenility1623
infantility1631
youthfullity1763
youthiness1821
underdevelopment1891
vealiness1895
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Ciijv Women with their smoth chekes, small voyces, and fine skinnes, doo euer shewe a certayne youthlikeness.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > teacher of young people
youth-master1550
finishing master1799
paedonoma1871
1550 J. Harington tr. Cicero Bk. Freendeship f. 48v For so shall nursses and youthmaisters chalenge muche frendshyp.
Youth Opportunities Programme n. a Government-sponsored service introduced in 1978 to provide temporary work experience for unemployed young people and replaced in 1983 by the Youth Training Scheme (see below).
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society > occupation and work > working > career > [noun] > training or preparation schemes
work–study1924
work experience1967
exposure1968
shadowing1976
work shadowing1976
Youth Opportunities Programme1977
YOP1978
job shadowing1979
Youth Training Scheme1981
YTS1984
new deal1995
1977 Dept. of Employment Press Notice 29 June 1 Up to 230,000 unemployed youngsters each year will have a chance of work experience or training under a new £160 million Youth Opportunities Programme announced today by Mr. Albert Booth, Secretary of State for Employment.
1983 Sunday Tel. 16 Oct. 11/4 A Midlands businessman who has successfully employed Jamaican youngsters under the Youth Opportunities Programme.
youth orchestra n. an orchestra open only to young musicians.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > orchestra > types of
Philharmonic Orchestra1740
philharmonica1796
gamelan1816
chamber orchestra1880
symphony1926
palm court orchestra1942
youth orchestra1948
Phil1949
steel orchestra1952
sinfonietta1970
sinfonia1976
1948 Times 22 Apr. 7/4 The Bath Assembly..opened this afternoon in the Pavilion with a concert given by the National Youth Orchestra.
1972 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 9/5 Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, a 100-strong unit which has a considerable reputation as a youth orchestra.
youth-potion n. a potion supposed to restore youth.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > decoction
hell brotha1616
youth-potion1876
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. liii. 83 A sorceress..to mix youth-potions for others.
youth service n. a service, esp. of local government, providing social and recreational facilities for young people.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service provided by (local) government > types of
social insurance1890
welfare service1911
youth service1943
1943 Ann. Reg. 1942 68 The Council..advocated..adequate youth services.
1962 Guardian 25 Sept. 6/4 A great impact would be felt if this country had a fully developed..youth service staffed by trained social workers and youth leaders.
1975 Times 2 Jan. 3/1 Libraries and the youth services will be among the main victims of cuts..in 1975.
Youth Training Scheme n. a Government-sponsored scheme introduced in 1983 to replace the Youth Opportunities Programme (see above) and offering job experience and training for unemployed school leavers.
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society > occupation and work > working > career > [noun] > training or preparation schemes
work–study1924
work experience1967
exposure1968
shadowing1976
work shadowing1976
Youth Opportunities Programme1977
YOP1978
job shadowing1979
Youth Training Scheme1981
YTS1984
new deal1995
1981 Hansard Commons 15 Dec. 153 We are able to ask the Manpower Services Commission to ensure that this new youth training scheme is in full operation by the autumn of 1983.
1983 Times 18 Jan. 1/4 The Government is putting a £100-a-head value on the work and training opportunities created by new jobs ‘brokers’ under the £1000m Youth Training Scheme, which starts in Sept.
youth work n. social work among young people.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service or work > types of
casework1892
child welfare1907
social casework1916
youth work1944
support service1964
1944 Ann. Reg. 1943 306 Trust funds..for the development of youth work.
1964 ‘J. H. Roberts’ Q Document (1965) iv. 84 She..had pangs of conscience and decided to go into youth work.
youth worker n.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > social service or work > social worker > types of
street worker1855
settler1884
welfare worker1886
welfare manager1904
caseworker1907
social caseworker1917
welfare1960
youth worker1976
1976 Equals Dec. 6/1 A youth worker is to be appointed to escort young people to interviews,..and generally support those making an uncertain start in work or training.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Droseraceae (sundew and allies) > [noun]
rosa solis1568
ros solis1578
sundew1578
youthgrass1584
lust-wort1597
moor grass1597
red rot1597
youthwort1597
rose of the sun1631
drosera1801
dew-plant1869
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1366 Called in English Sunne deaw, Ros Solis, Youth woort.
1598 R. Chester Wynter Garland in Poems (1914) 18 Youthwort faire Affections lover.
Derivatives
youthen v. /ˈjuːθ(ə)n/ [-en suffix5] transitive to make youthful, impart a youthful appearance to; intransitive to become youthful, acquire youthful qualities.
/ˈjuːθ(ə)n/ [-en suffix5] transitive to make youthful, impart a youthful appearance to; intransitive to become youthful, acquire youthful qualities.ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [verb (intransitive)] > become youthful
youthen1882
the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [verb (transitive)] > make young or youthful
unold1608
juvenilify1832
youthen1882
juvenilize1989
1882 Evening Star (Philadelphia) 28 Apr. No dress youthens a girl so much as white.
1916 C. H. Sorley Lett. (1919) 140 You will always be forty to strangers perhaps: and youthen as you get to know them.
ˈyouthless adj. having no youth, lacking the ordinary characteristics of youth.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > youthless
youthless1906
1906 C. Mansfield Girl & Gods xiii A youthless, over-developed girl of fifteen.
ˈyouthlessness n.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > youthlessness
youthlessness1909
1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 June 225/2 It is his own letters..his cold youthlessness..that are his enemy.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > state, quality, or fact of
youthhood971
youtha1100
youthheadc1220
youngnessc1350
tenderc1400
youthnessc1475
unripenessa1500
youthlikeness1549
youthfulness1587
primeve1619
juvenility1623
infantility1631
youthfullity1763
youthiness1821
underdevelopment1891
vealiness1895
c1475 Partenay 5221 Þat he had don in his youthnesse soo.
ˈyouthship n. with possessive adjective, used as a title (cf. worship n.).
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1906 A. Castle & E. Castle If Youth but Knew ii Heaven knows..what sweet hostess may not greet your youthship tonight.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > youthful (of beings)
youngOE
young-like1530
young-old1558
youthly1566
youthlike1582
youthful1590
young-eyed1600
youthsome1661
youthy1712
early1814
1661 S. Pepys Diary 31 Oct. (1970) II. 205 I find him drinking and very Jolly and youthsome.
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Physical Geography. The first stages in the development of a landform or landscape, when it shows youthful characteristics (cf. youthful adj. Additions); the quality of being at such a stage, relatively recent formation.Contrasted with maturity n. 7.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > other ages or periods
terrace-epoch1863
youth1896
secule1903
pluvial1929
interpluvial1931
intrapluvial1939
salinity crisis1967
1896 W. M. Davis in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1895–6 31 314 In youth, each [stream] usually has its torrent or upper portion, where ability to carry load is greater than load to be carried.
1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. xi. 191 In the Grampian Highlands an old peneplain, now dissected into a landscape of late youth or early maturity.., is easily recognised by the even skyline.
2007 Jrnl. Struct. Geol. 29 1339/2 The youth of the Red Rock graben is supported by the following observations.
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youth court n. Law (a) a court of law for the trial of young offenders; (b) originally U.S. an informal court in which young people act as jurors, lawyers, etc., in the legal proceedings against peers accused of minor offences, used as an alternative to the traditional court process.
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1931 China Press 5 Mar. 16/3 The trial..will be conducted not by the ordinary courts, but by a special youth court.
1958 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 7 Apr. 4/1 The boy or girl speeder is brought before 12 of his peers... The youth court determines the punishment.
1976 Brit. Jrnl. Criminol. 16 69 The Act proposes that..youth courts have exclusive jurisdiction over youths 14-17 years of age.
2004 K. Gay Volunteering i. 2 In numerous U.S. cities and towns teenage volunteers serve on a youth court, which hears misdemeanor offenses for juveniles.
2014 A. Robinson Found. Youth Justice xv. 237 The youth court cannot deal with homicide cases.
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