young(1) (iou) and newfangled (iou)

young(1) (iou)

young adjective & noun. Also (earlier) yong. See also YOUNGER.

A. adjective.
That has lived a (relatively) short time; that is at an early stage of life or growth; not yet old, not far advanced in life. OE.
J. C. Loudon The heart wood is..darker..than the soft or young wood. A. Trollope He was still a young man, only just turned forty. New Scientist: Dealing with Dirt is..aimed at a fairly young audience.
b. spec. Designating the younger of two people of the same name or title (esp. the son as opp. to the father). Cf. JUNIOR adjective 1. ME.
c. pred. & in comb. [After OLD adjective 3.] Of a specified age. Chiefly joc. L20.
Sara Maitland She had come there when she was two years young, thirteen years ago.
a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of youth or a young person; spec. (a) immature; (b) (freq. Young) (of a group, party, or movement) representing or claiming to represent the interests or aspirations of young people, members, etc. OE.
Young Conservatives, Young Farmers, Young Liberals, Young Socialists, etc.
Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona By love the young and tender wit Is turn'd to folly. D. M. Mulock A remnant of my young days.
b. Having the characteristics of young people or of youth, youthful; esp. having or showing the freshness or vigour of youth. E16.
M. W. Montagu 'Tis a maxim with me to be young as long as one can. G. Swift You're the youngest sixty-four-year-old I know.
Newly or recently initiated, recruited, or (Austral.) arrived; inexperienced, having little experience; unpractised. OE.
Recently or newly begun, formed, introduced, or brought into use; not far advanced; recent, new; spec. (a) designating the moon in the early part of the lunar month, soon after new moon, when it appears as a crescent; (b) Nautical designating thin salt-water ice newly formed in a bay or harbour, esp. before winter sets in. LME.
H. Kingsley It's a young country. Times A severe tax on a young concern not earning profits. D. Hogan The night was young..there were many bars in this city to Travel through.
fig. Small, miniature. Now joc. & colloq. M16.
G. Mitchell George..has..a torch in the car like a young searchlight.
Special collocations, comb., & phrases: an old head on young shoulders: see SHOULDER noun. love's young dream: see LOVE noun. not so young as one used to be, not so young as one was (colloq., freq. joc.) getting old or elderly. the Young Chevalier: see CHEVALIER. the young idea the child's mind. the Young Pretender: see PRETENDER 2. Young America (a) US History an expansionist movement within the Democratic Party in the mid 19th cent.; (b) American youth collectively. young blood: see BLOOD noun. Young England Hist. a group of Tory politicians in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. young entry: see ENTRY 10. young-eyed adjective having the bright or lively eyes of a young person. young flood the beginning of the flood tide. young fogy: see FOGY noun 1. young FUSTIC. young-gentlemanly adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a young gentleman. young-girlish adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a young girl. young grammarians Linguistics = JUNGGRAMMATIKER. young hopeful: see HOPEFUL noun. young lady (a) a lady who is young, a young (esp. unmarried) woman, a girl; (b) colloq. a girlfriend, a female sweetheart. young-ladydom rare young ladies collectively. young-ladyish, young-ladylike adjectives resembling or characteristic of a young lady. young lion a young vigorous man. young man a man who is young; spec. (a) = YEOMAN 1; (b) a boyfriend, a male sweetheart. young manhood (a) rare courage befitting a young man; (b) the condition of being a young man, early manhood. young-mannish adjective (chiefly derog.) resembling, pertaining to, or characteristic of a young man. young master: see MASTER noun1 19. young offender Law a criminal between 14 and 17 years of age or (Canad.) between 12 and 17 years of age; young offender institution (in the UK): for the detention of criminals between the ages of 14 and 20, replacing the former detention centres and youth custody centres. young person Law a person between 14 and 17 years of age. youngstock young farm animals. young thing arch. & colloq. a young person (esp. as a familiar form of address). Young Turk: see TURK noun1. young 'un, youngun colloq. a youngster, esp. a child. young woman a woman who is young; spec. a girlfriend, a female sweetheart.
b. noun.
Orig., a young person, spec. a young woman or girl. Now (usu. with the), young people collectively. OE.
Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor He woos..both rich and poor, Both young and old. Steele That Vigour which the Young possess.
The offspring of an animal, esp. before or soon after birth. Formerly also, a young animal. ME.
with young (of a female animal) pregnant.
D. Attenborough The eggs..hatch;..the young crawl out. D. Morris Carnivores with young go to considerable trouble to provide Food for their growing offspring. transf.: M. Wesley In..1926 middle-class English Families took their young to Brittany.
The time of youth. rare. LME-M17.
youngish adjective somewhat young M17.
younglet noun (rare) a young animal M19.
younglike adjective (now rare) of the Nature of or resembling a young person, youthful M16.
youngly adverb (now rare) (a) in the manner of a young person; youthfully, immaturely; (b) in youth, early in life: E16.

newfangled (iou)

newfangled adjective. LME.
[from NEWFANGLE + -ED1.]
(Excessively) fond of new things, fashions, or ideas; easily carried away by whatever is new. LME.
F. Dhondy These new-fangled Art teachers didn't know about Art.
Newly made or existing, novel. Freq. derog. or joc., objectionably or gratuitously modern, different from what one is used to. M16.
C. Amory Her father-in-law pronounced the newfangled Dance 'an indecorous exhibition'. D. Acheson The summer sun..unabated by any such newfangled contrivance as air conditioning.
newfangledly adverb (rare) E20.
newfangledness noun the fact or state of being newfangled; novelty, innovation: M16.

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