youngsome
youngsome adjective: seemingly young in appearance, manner, or behaviour; youthful.
Adjective
youngsome (comparative more youngsome, superlative most youngsome)
- Seemingly young in appearance, manner, or behaviour; youthful
- We hope no literal reader will misunderstand us; for Dr. BRIGHAM's family numbers some four hundred and fifty members, and he is yet a youngsome man. All that was here to be seen, we saw ; and of much that we beheld we shall discourse hereafter.1847, Knickerbacker, Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 30
- […] a barbecue, as it is probable they have done in some other colleges, nor yet have our faculty adopted this mode of dress very generally for themselves, though one or two of the more youngsome members have been seen thus habited; […]1886, The Oberlin Review, volumes 14-15
Examples of youngsome in a sentence
- “Three months,” the youngsome couple says together.2013, Joe Wise, The Truth in Twenty ... and Then Some:
- And three days before he died, had she not, that youngsome witch, not gone on that dark night somewhere, and there were all those whisperings, soft steps, silences, and goings on.2015, Raja Rao, Collected Stories:
Synonyms of youngsome
Forms of youngsome
| comparative | more youngsome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most youngsome |
Origin of youngsome
From young + -some.
Questions about youngsome
- What does youngsome mean?
- Youngsome means seemingly young in appearance, manner, or behaviour; youthful.
- How do you use youngsome in a sentence?
- “Three months,” the youngsome couple says together.
- What part of speech is youngsome?
- Youngsome is an adjective.
Words near youngsome in the dictionary
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