youngenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

youngen (三人称単数 現在形 youngens, 現在分詞 youngening, 過去形および過去分詞形 youngened)

1. (transitive, intransitive, nonstandard) To make or become young.
   • 1949, Mary Deputy Lamson, Landscape with Shrubs and Flowering Trees, page 273:

     He was firm in his conviction that shrubs had to be "youngened" at least once a year.

   • 2010, Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, page 579:

     Reba's smoothened youngened voice now offered sufficient room so it'd hammock all desire.

同意語

• youthen

反意語

• olden

派生語

• youngening

語源 2

See youngin.

名詞

youngen (複数形 youngens)

1. Alternative form of youngin (“young person”)