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单词 youngness
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youngnessn.

Brit. /ˈjʌŋnəs/, U.S. /ˈjəŋnəs/
Forms: see young adj. and n.1 and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: young adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < young adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier youth n. 2. Compare also younghead n.1 and youngth n.
1. The state or quality of being young; youthfulness, esp. of character or appearance. Cf. youth n. 1, 3.
ΘΠ
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
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxliii. 10 Whas childer ben as new settynges in her ȝengnes [c1400 Trin. Dublin ȝeuþe, L. iuventute], Her douȝters ben made & aourned about as liknes of þe temple.
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. F j Their drines is abated with the humidite of theyr yongnes.
1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 96 The youngnes of her yeres..wolde not suffer the hoat and often encounters of her husbande, to ympaire any waye the glasse or precious dye of so rare a perfection.
c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 49 Will he my ȝongnes ȝit With mercy once remit, I trou to faill no more.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 68 A Foale of such youngnesse, sucking vpon the Damme, eates no bad or vnwholsome meate.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 312 The Youngness and Newness of its Duration.
a1735 Earl of Haddington Short Treat. Forest-trees 27 in J. G. Reid Scots Gardiner (1756) The youngness of the plants made them take root sooner than if they had been older.
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. v. viii. 125 I told him, the last time, I had rather he would not ask me so often; which was being almost too sharp, I'm afraid, considering his youngness.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. vii. 115 How flushed and mighty as with the youngness of a god.
1871 H. L. Prior Behind Veil I. i. 13 Flo's laugh is the most delightful thing in the world..a frank bright peal, with a youngness about it which sets one thinking of all the spring days one has ever known.
1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 694/1 The first cabin passengers..exclaimed over his youngness and his good looks.
1919 E. von Arnim Christopher & Columbus xxx. 394 Those cunning little bits of youngness, the Twinkler sisters.
1951 W. Styron Lie down in Darkness v. 153 Fifty years had left him the appearance of a gratuitous, if somewhat dissipated youngness.
1995 D. McLean Bunker Man 215 You smell of fucking youngness and life!
2. The time when one is young; the early period of life or existence. Cf. youth n. 2. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
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
?1505 R. Copland tr. P. Gringore Complaynte them that ben to late Maryed sig. B.i We twayne sholde haue all our yongenesse..Passed in Ioye.
1579 J. Knewstub Confut. Heresies f. 35 They let passe the childhood, or the yongnes of the holy vnderstanding, & grew vp..vnto the manly agednes of Christ.
1664 W. Smith Universal Love 98 Many are enticed to do evil in their youngness.
1910 Let. in H. D. Jenkins Behind Turkish Lattices (2005) ii. 24 I wished for many years past to write a book relating to my childhood and the earlier times of my youngness, but could find neither time nor courage to begin that great work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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