youthly
English edit
Etymology edit
From youth + -ly, possibly continuing Old English ġeoguþlīċ (through Middle English *youthely), but more likely a new formation.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
youthly (comparative more youthly, superlative most youthly)
- (archaic) Youthful.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 1, canto xi:
- he hath left his plumes all hoary gray, / And deckt himselfe with feathers youthly gay […] .
Synonyms edit
- juvenile, youthsome; See also Thesaurus:young