young
see also: Young
Etymology
Young
Etymology
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see also: Young
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en-.
Pronunciation Adjectiveyoung (comparative younger, superlative youngest)
- In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC ↗:
- I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
- a lamb is a young sheep; these picture books are for young readers
- At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
- the age of space travel is still young; a young business
- (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
- 1906, Robertson Nicoll, Tis Forty Years Since, quoted in T. P.'s Weekly, volume 8, page 462:
- And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young,
- Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung.
- How young is your dog? Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.
- 1906, Robertson Nicoll, Tis Forty Years Since, quoted in T. P.'s Weekly, volume 8, page 462:
- Junior (of two related people with the same name).
- 1841, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
- The young Mr. Chester must be in the wrong, and the old Mr. Chester must be in the right.
- Early. (of a decade of life)
- 1922, Elizabeth Louisa Moresby, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41,
- […] Miss Hessy is as pretty a girl as eye can see, in her young twenties and a bit of a fortune to boot.
- 1965, Muriel Spark, The Mandelbaum Gate, London: Macmillan, Part One, Chapter 1:
- Ephraim would be in his young thirties.
- 1922, Elizabeth Louisa Moresby, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41,
- Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
- My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.
- Of or belonging to the early part of life.
- The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.
- (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene i]:
- Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.
- (born not long ago) youthful, junior; see also Thesaurus:young
- (having qualities of a young person) youthful, juvenile
- (of or belonging to the early part of life) juvenile
- (inexperienced) underdeveloped, undeveloped, immature
- (antonym(s) of “born not long ago”): old, aged, grown up, senior, youthless, elderly
- (antonym(s) of “having qualities of a young person”): aged, old, youthless, mature, elderly
- (antonym(s) of “of or belonging to the early part of life”): senior, mature, elderly
- (antonym(s) of “inexperienced”): mature, experienced, veteran
young (plural young)
- (often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.
- The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.
- The lion's young are curious about the world around them.
- French: petit
- German: Nachkomme, Nachwuchs, Brut, Abkömmling, Junge
- Italian: piccoli, prole
- Portuguese: filhote
- Russian: молодня́к
young (youngs, present participle younging; simple past and past participle younged)
- (informal or demography) To become or seem to become younger.
- (informal or demography) To cause to appear younger.
- (geology) To exhibit younging.
Young
Etymology
- As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son.
- As a Chinese - surname, spelling variant of Yang.
- IPA: /jʌŋ/
- Surname.
- Surname for the younger of two people having the same given name.
- Surname.
- A placename:
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community/and/census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona.
- An unincorporated community in Brown, Morgan County.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
- A city in Río Negro.
- A town in Hilltops, South West Slopes.
- Ellipsis of Young County
- Ellipsis of Young Parish
- Ellipsis of Young Township
- Ellipsis of Young River
- Ellipsis of Young Lake
- Ellipsis of Mount Young
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