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youngness

youngness noun: the state or qualities of being young or youthful; youth.

Noun

youngness (usually uncountable, plural youngnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or qualities of being young or youthful; youth.
    • […] he was conscious of a feeling which independently pronounced him her senior in point of Time, and Isabel a child of everlasting youngness.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
    • The puppy room in the basement brimmed with youngness, with suckings, cuddlings, lickings, squirmings—puppies whose eyes were sealed against seeing, puppies whose ears were sealed against hearing for the first ten days of life […]1944, Emily Carr, “Puppy Room”, in The House of All Sorts

Forms of youngness

pluralyoungnesses

Origin of youngness

From young + -ness.

Questions about youngness

What does youngness mean?
Youngness means the state or qualities of being young or youthful; youth.
What part of speech is youngness?
Youngness is a noun.
What is the plural of youngness?
The plural of youngness is youngnesses.

Words near youngness in the dictionary

  1. Youngloves
  2. youngly
  3. youngman
  4. Youngmans
  5. youngmen
  6. youngness
  7. youngnesses
  8. youngon
  9. youngons
  10. Youngquist
  11. Youngquists

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