Youngsome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Youngsome is an adjective meaning Seemingly young in appearance, manner, or behaviour; youthful.
Meaning
Seemingly young in appearance, manner, or behaviour; youthful.
Example Sentences
And three days before he died, had she not, that youngsome witch, not gone on that dark night somewhere, and there were all those whisperings, soft steps, silences, and goings on.
We pause. This newborn is half asleep, half awake, perched, docked really, atop the carriage in a comfy baby seat at table height. I ask how old he is. “Three months,” the youngsome couple says together.
Then round about went she, the Dame of the Helmings, And to doughty and youngsome, each deal of the folk there, Gave cups of the treasure, till now it betid [sic] That to Beowulf duly the Queen the ring-dighted, […]
[…] a barbecue, as it is probable they have done in some other colleges, nor yet have our faculty adopted this mode of dress very generally for themselves, though one or two of the more youngsome members have been seen thus habited; […]
Synonyms for youngsome
Depending on context, synonyms include juvenile, youthsome.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include young, youngly, youthsome, youthly, juvenescent, youngish.
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