geoguð

early life; youthfulness

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A lively group of teenagers play and learn together in a park, clearly the period before adulthood, natural modern variety.

noun

youth

YOOTH/juːθ/

The period of life before adulthood.

Etymology

youthOld Englishearly life; youthfulness

Old English geoguð named both the early stage of life and the condition of being young. The selected meaning preserves the life-stage sense, rather than the related use for young people themselves.

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