From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Youth \Youth\ ([=u]th), n.; pl. {Youths} ([=u]ths; 264) or
collectively {Youth}. [OE. youthe, youh[thorn]e,
[yogh]uhe[eth]e, [yogh]uwe[eth]e, [yogh]eo[yogh]e[eth]e, AS.
geogu[eth], geogo[eth]; akin to OS. jugu[eth], D. jeugd, OHG.
jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. [root]281. See {Young}.]
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1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness;
juvenility. "In my flower of youth." --Milton.
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Such as in his face
Youth smiled celestial. --Milton.
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2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of
existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part
of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to
manhood.
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He wondered that your lordship
Would suffer him to spend his youth at home. --Shak.
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Those who pass their youth in vice are justly
condemned to spend their age in folly. --Rambler.
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3. A young person; especially, a young man.
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Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. --Dryden.
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4. Young persons, collectively.
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It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.
--B. Jonson.
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