youngishadj.

Brit.

/ˈjʌŋɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈjəŋɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: young adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < young adj. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier oldish adj.

Of a person: somewhat young, fairly young.

ΘΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > young (of beings)

littleeOE

youngOE

younglyOE

younglinga1250

little waxena1325

greena1398

imperfecta1398

primec1429

unold?1440

juvync1450

novelc1450

unaged1486

in youth's flowers?1507

unbearded1560

unweaned1581

whelpish1586

ungrown1593

under-age1594

unhatched1601

infantine1603

springalda1614

unbakeda1616

unlickeda1616

juvenile1625

lile1633

juvenal1638

bloomy1651

youngish1667

blooming1676

puerilea1680

youngerly1742

steerish1789

chota1814

white-shoe1960

1667 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1974) VIII. 162 It is strange..that Mr. Weaver,..who was..a youngish man, should be dead.

1686 Love's Posie xiv. 88 My youngish Breast, Which finds it self with horrid dangers prest, Dares not leap into Love's Abysse.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 282. ⁋2 Our Father is a youngish Man.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxviii. 270 Miss Clements, you know, is a youngish woman.

1822 European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 305/2 I am a very tolerable looking youngish man; though, perhaps, a little bandy, particularly on one side.

1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. vii. 132 Judge Thornton,..as good at sixty as he was at forty, with a youngish second wife.

1903 Times 18 Mar. 10/5 These senile parts generally appeal to young or youngish actors.

1957 F. O'Connor Let. 24 Feb. (1979) 204 Miss McKee is a youngish lady who speaks out of the side of her mouth like a refined dead-end kid.

2004 Vanity Fair Dec. 290/2 The gyms are packed with youngish, hip-ish workers in their sloppy weekend kit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	youngish
释义	youngishadj. Brit. /ˈjʌŋɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈjəŋɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: young adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < young adj. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier oldish adj. Of a person: somewhat young, fairly young. ΘΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adjective] > young (of beings) littleeOE youngOE younglyOE younglinga1250 little waxena1325 greena1398 imperfecta1398 primec1429 unold?1440 juvync1450 novelc1450 unaged1486 in youth's flowers?1507 unbearded1560 unweaned1581 whelpish1586 ungrown1593 under-age1594 unhatched1601 infantine1603 springalda1614 unbakeda1616 unlickeda1616 juvenile1625 lile1633 juvenal1638 bloomy1651 youngish1667 blooming1676 puerilea1680 youngerly1742 steerish1789 chota1814 white-shoe1960 1667 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1974) VIII. 162 It is strange..that Mr. Weaver,..who was..a youngish man, should be dead. 1686 Love's Posie xiv. 88 My youngish Breast, Which finds it self with horrid dangers prest, Dares not leap into Love's Abysse. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 282. ⁋2 Our Father is a youngish Man. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxviii. 270 Miss Clements, you know, is a youngish woman. 1822 European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 305/2 I am a very tolerable looking youngish man; though, perhaps, a little bandy, particularly on one side. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner I. vii. 132 Judge Thornton,..as good at sixty as he was at forty, with a youngish second wife. 1903 Times 18 Mar. 10/5 These senile parts generally appeal to young or youngish actors. 1957 F. O'Connor Let. 24 Feb. (1979) 204 Miss McKee is a youngish lady who speaks out of the side of her mouth like a refined dead-end kid. 2004 Vanity Fair Dec. 290/2 The gyms are packed with youngish, hip-ish workers in their sloppy weekend kit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1667
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