'Youths' definitions:

Definition of 'Youths'

From: GCIDE
  • Youth \Youth\ ([=u]th), n.; pl. Youths ([=u]ths; 264) or collectively Youth. [OE. youthe, youh[thorn]e, [yogh]uhe[eth]e, [yogh]uwe[eth]e, [yogh]eo[yogh]e[eth]e, AS. geogu[eth], geogo[eth]; akin to OS. jugu[eth], D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. [root]281. See Young.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility. "In my flower of youth." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood. [1913 Webster]
  • He wondered that your lordship Would suffer him to spend his youth at home. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A young person; especially, a young man. [1913 Webster]
  • Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Young persons, collectively. [1913 Webster]
  • It is fit to read the best authors to youth first. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

Words containing 'Youths'