Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by youth; young.
- adjective Typical of or suggesting youth: synonym: young.
- adjective In an early stage of development; new.
- adjective Geology Young.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In physical geography, exhibiting an early stage of the geographical cycle; young.
- Possessing or characterized by youth; not yet aged; not yet arrived at mature years; being in the early stage of life; young; juvenile.
- Pertaining or belonging or suitable to the early part of life: as, youthful days; youthful age.
- Fresh and vigorous, as in youth.
- Early in time.
- =Syn.1-3. Youthful, Juvenile, Boyish, Puerile. Youthful is generally used in a good sense: as, youthful looks or sports; juvenile indifferently, but if in a bad sense not strongly so: as, the poem was a rather juvenile performance; boyish rather more often, but not necessarily, in some contempt: as, a boyish manner; boyish enthusiasm; puerile always in marked contempt, as a synonym for silly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not yet mature or aged; young.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life
- adjective Fresh; vigorous, as in youth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Young or seeming young.
- adjective Characteristic of young people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
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Examples
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And I spoke with so much animation that Uncle Max smiled at what he called my youthful enthusiasm.
Uncle Max Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874
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It is a solitary remnant of what you call my youthful prejudices which inspires me with angry thoughts at the sight of any atrocious act.
Faust's Leben, Thaten und Höllenfahrt. English Friedrich Maximilian Klinger 1791
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He said he sees no connection between the fires and the incident, which he characterized as youthful mischief.
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In essence, it sort of gives an up to date credence to the influence and freshness of what is currently occurring in youthful circles today.
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In essence, it sort of gives an up to date credence to the influence and freshness of what is currently occurring in youthful circles today.
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It had a restrained, delicate perfume and showed well but was still firmly wrapped in youthful tannins.
Dominus Estate winery, Napa Valley - photo post | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I recently stumbled upon a call for submissions (might be NSFW) at wasaak/an exercise in youthful blasphemy, the blog of author Adam David.
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As much as I liked the wine, its pleasures were still tightly wound in youthful tannins, which are bitter.
When Nebbiolo’s not for newbies – and toward a general theory of bitter | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I recently stumbled upon a call for submissions (might be NSFW) at wasaak/an exercise in youthful blasphemy, the blog of author Adam David.
New Genre Review: Call for Submissions « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009
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In essence, it sort of gives an up to date credence to the influence and freshness of what is currently occurring in youthful circles today.
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