youthly

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjuːθli/

Adjective

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

juvenile, youthsome; See also Thesaurus:young

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