youthfulnessn.
/ˈjuːθf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˈjuθf(ə)lnəs/ The fact or quality of being youthful; youthful condition or character.
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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
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. viii. 117 Should we rather graunt an euerlasting ignorance in man, than a kynd of youthfulnesse which hath learned things according to the growths thereof in ages?
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 139 He might either doe it out of youthfulnesse..or out of want.
1717 J. Addison tr. Ovid Metamorphoses iii, in Wks. (1726) I. 213 With all the purple youthfulness of face, That gently blushes in the wat'ry glass.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. i. 39 Her very small and delicate frame imparted a peculiar youthfulness to her appearance.
1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner xii. 124 A complexion almost dazzling in its youthfulness and brilliancy.
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