Crossword clues for youngest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Young \Young\ (y[u^]ng), a. [Compar. Younger (y[u^][ng]"g[~e]r); superl. Youngest (-g[e^]st).] [OE. yung, yong, [yogh]ong, [yogh]ung, AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva[,c]a, juvan. [root]28
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Cf. Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth.] 1. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.
For he so young and tender was of age.
--Chaucer.``Whom the gods love, die young,'' has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever.
--Mrs. H. H. Jackson. -
Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
While the fears of the people were young.
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Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (en-superlative of: young) 2 Most recently begun or formed. 3 (context card games English) Receiving dealt cards last, i.e. immediately before the next deal to the eldest. n. Youngest child in a family, or individual in a group.
WordNet
n. any immature animal [syn: offspring]
United States film and television actress (1913-2000) [syn: Loretta Young]
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) [syn: Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.]
British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829) [syn: Thomas Young]
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) [syn: Pres Young, Lester Willis Young]
English poet (1683-1765) [syn: Edward Young]
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) [syn: Cy Young, Danton True Young]
United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877) [syn: Brigham Young]
young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: youth] [ant: aged]
See young
Usage examples of "youngest".
SA Banish delivered all four of the Abies children into safety, including single-handedly saving the lives of the oldest and the youngest at the expense of his own.
Rathe guessed that the youngest, a fair-haired, ruddy-skinned boy, was the missing Albe Cytel.
Yudhishthir was the son of Dharma or Virtue, Bhima of Vayu or Wind, Arjun of Indra or Rain-god, the twin youngest were the sons of the Aswin twins, and Karna was the son of Surya the Sun, but was believed by himself and by all others to be the son of a simple chariot-driver.
The youngest living Arnest son, who married a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, has bought back Nomini and more than one hundred acres of the surrounding land.
I do not need to say that the pleasure of seeing those dear and lovely little ones was much marred by the secret though sure knowledge I had that the three youngest were the fruits of the unspeakable depravity of auricular confession in the higher ranks of society.
Indeed, I being the youngest bailie, was in terror that the obligation might have fallen to me.
Lysara, Resor, Cens, Barat, Hoede, the pale blonde Ytrude, and Secca, the youngest redhead, sitting on a stool in the corner, her eyes darting to Anna, and then away.
Meanwhile, the youngest Baudelaire had put the chilled bread underneath her shirt to warm it up, and when it was warm enough to eat she put one slice on each plate, and using a small spoon, spread some boysenberry jam on each piece of bread.
Pip and Bunty and the two youngest girls running wild, and no one in authority?
In the ceremonies was represented the death of the youngest of the Cabiri, slain by his brothers, who fled into Etruria, carrying with them the chest or ark that contained his genitals: and there the Phallus and the sacred ark were adored.
Ark or chest containing genitals of youngest Cabiri in Mysteries, 427-m.
Chemping had invited her youngest nephew to accompany her on the first day of the shopping expedition, throwing in the additional allurement of a cinematograph theatre and the prospect of light refreshment.
Sapphire requested that she be permitted to bring Citrine here to the castle, saying that she could not easily forget her youngest sister, though by law they are now no longer anything but cousins.
God has created visible things, He is the most ancient God, in comparison with the World, which is the youngest production.
Every colonial she had met so far, from the pickle-faced dominie to the youngest Mathieson boy, had been as rude as he could be.