youthly

English

Etymology

From youth +‎ -ly, possibly continuing Old English ġeoguþlīċ (through Middle English *youthely), but more likely a new formation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːθしーたli/

Adjective

youthly (comparative more youthly, superlative most youthly)

1. (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

• juvenile, youthsome; See also Thesaurus:young