youngert (yungger)

[ Still quiring to the young - eyed cherubins. Shak . , M. of V., v. 1. 62. youngheadt (yung'hed), n. [ ; young + -head .] Youth. Elde was paynted after this, That shorter was a fote, iwys, Than she was wont in her yonghede . Rom. of the Rose, 1. 351. 7024 youngly (yung'li), adv. [ How youngly he began to serve his country. Shak., Cor., ii. 3. 244. youngne (yung'nes), n. [ modulus . youngster (yung's ter), n. [ For Adon's sake, a youngster proud and wild. Shak ., Pa ionate Pilgrim, 1. 120. A youngster at school, more sedate than the rest. Cowper , Pity for Poor Africans. .. With the exception of her full sister, this filly is considered the highest bred trotting youngster now on the American continent. New York Evening Post , June 28, 1889. 2. A junior officer in a company, battery, or [Early mod. E. yongth; troop. [Familiar and colloq.] youngtht (yungth), n. [Early The lusty yongth of mans might. Gower, Conf. Amant. (ed. 1554), p. clxviii. The morne full Muse in myrth now list ne maske, As shee was wont in youngth and sommer dayes. Spenser , Shep. Cal., November. youngthlyt (yungth'li), a . [Formerly yongthly ; youngth +-ly1.] Youthful. He breathle e did remaine, And all his yongthly forces idly spent. Spenser, Muiopotmos, 1. 431. younker (yung'ker), n. [Formerly also yonker ( Sw. Dan. junker ); joncker , D. jonker = MLG. junker , juncher , LG. junker = MHG. junker, junkher, junckher , jonker, G. junker , a young gentleman, a young man; contracted and reduced to the form of a derivative in -er , jungheer = MHG.junchērre, juncherre, G. jungherr , junger Herr , young gentleman: see young and herrel, herr. Cf. G. jungfer , similarly reduced from jungfrau .] 1t. A young man of condition; a young gentleman or knight. Amongst the rest, there was a jolly knight;... But that same younker soone was overthrowne. Spenser, F. Q., IV. i. 11. Uly es slept there, and close by The other younkers. Chapman, Ody ey, xiv. IMG:content-2714.png:[blocks in formation] Young-Helmholtz theory of color. See color . 4. Same as junker . youngling (yung'ling), n. and a. [ ling , zongling, zungling, jungeling ), a young man, geong , young, + -ling , E. -ling1.] I. n. 1. A young person; a youth or child. Due privilege allow'd, we all should go Before, and she, the youngling , come behind. J. Beaumont, Psyche, iv. 10. More dear unto their God then younglings to their dam. Spenser , F. Q., I. x. 57. Speak, whimp'ring younglings , and make known The reason why Ye droop and weep.