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youth

youth /ˈjuːθ/ noun
plural youths /ˈjuːðz/
youth
/ˈjuːθ/
noun
plural youths /ˈjuːðz/
Britannica Dictionary definition of YOUTH
: the time of life when someone is young : the time when a young person has not yet become an adult
[noncount]
[singular]
see also fountain of youth
[noncount] : the time when something is new and not yet established
[count] : a teenage boy or young man
the youth : young people
[noncount] : the quality or state of being young

gilded youth

see gild