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| bildungsroman |
a novel that concerns itself primarily with the psychological and moral development of the main character, usually from youth into adulthood. |
| blooming |
showing youth, vigor, and healthy color. [1/3 definitions] |
| Boy Scout |
a male member of a large youth organization that teaches outdoor skills, physical fitness, and the value and responsibilities of citizenship. |
| Boy Scouts of America |
an American organization for youth that teaches outdoor skills, physical fitness, and the value and responsibilities of citizenship. |
| burn (one's) candle at both ends |
to use up (one's) energy or youth too fast or on too many activities. |
| David |
according to the Old Testament, the second king of Israel, a shepherd as a youth who killed the giant Goliath, and reputedly the author of many of the Psalms. |
| flower child |
a youth of the 1960s who protested against materialism and militarism in the United States, and who espoused communal ideals; hippie. |
| Fountain of Youth |
a mythical spring believed to give youth and health to anyone who drinks from it. |
| Girl Scout |
a member of a U.S. youth organization for girls. |
| Juliet |
in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a girl whose love for Romeo, a youth from an enemy family, ends in both their deaths. |
| juvenilia |
artistic or written works produced in youth, esp. by artists and writers who have later become famous. [1/2 definitions] |
| May |
prime; youth. [1/2 definitions] |
| middle age |
the period of human life between youth and old age, approximately the years between forty and sixty-five. |
| middle-aged |
of a person, being of an age between youth and old age. |
| plowboy |
a naive country youth; yokel. [1/2 definitions] |
| rejuvenate |
to restore the vigor, health, or appearance of youth to. |
| Romeo |
in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, a youth whose love for Juliet, a girl from an enemy family, ends in both their deaths. [1/2 definitions] |
| Scout |
(chiefly British) a member of the Scouts, an international organization for youth; Boy Scout; Girl Scout. |
| Scouts |
an international youth organization that promotes outdoor activities and the learning of skills, responsibility, and independence; the international counterpart of the Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts of America (prec. by "the"). |
| snot |
(informal) a person, esp. a youth, who is impudent or disgusting. [1/2 definitions] |
| stripling |
a male adolescent; youth. |
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