the time of life when one is young, esp adolescence
He lived there in his youth
a young male adolescent
(treated as sing. or pl) young people
An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterwards — F Scott Fitzgerald
the quality or state of being youthful
My youth may wear and waste, but it shall never rust in my possession — Congreve
[Old English geoguth; related to Old English geong young1]