different between youth vs springald

English

Etymology

From Middle English youthe, youhthe, ?outhe, ?ewethe, ?u?ethe, ?eo?uthe, from Old English ?eoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþ?, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young +? -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ju?/
• Rhymes: -u??

Noun

youth (countable and uncountable, plural youths)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.

   Synonyms: juvenility, youngness, (archaic) youngth, youthfulness

   Antonyms: age, dotage, old age, senility
2. (uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 49:

     I don't find the pose of careless youth charming and engaging any more than you find the pose of careworn age fascinating and eccentric, I should imagine.
3. (countable) A young person.

   Synonyms: adolescent, child, kid, lad, teen, teenager, youngster

   Antonyms: adult, grown-up

4. (countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

   Synonyms: boy, young man
5. (uncountable, used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.

   Synonyms: adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters

Derived terms

Related terms

• young

Translations

References

• youth at OneLook Dictionary Search
• youth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• youth in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Further reading

• youth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• youth on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Anagrams

• Tuohy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp????ld/

Etymology 1

Apparently from spring, with an uncertain final element.

Alternative forms

• springal
• springold

Noun

springald (plural springalds)

1. (now rare, archaic) A youth; a young man, a stripling.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.10:

     There came two Springals of full tender yeares, / Farre thence from forrein land where they did dwell […].

   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     this same springald, who conceals his name, and despises our proffered hospitality, hath already gained one prize, and may now afford to let others have their turn.

Etymology 2

Old French espringale; of Germanic origin, akin to English spring.

Alternative forms

• espringal
• springal (obsolete)

Noun

springald (plural springalds)

1. (historical) An ancient military engine for launching stones and arrows by means of a spring.

   Coordinate terms: ballista, catapult

   • 2007, Kelly DeVries, Robert Douglas Smith, Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of Their Impact, ABC-CLIO (?ISBN), page 138:

     The springald is a somewhat more problematic weapon as it is completely unclear whether it was the same weapon as the Roman ballista which some historians believe never disappeared from the battlefield and remained in use throughout […]

   • 2010, Matt Landrus, Leonardo da Vinci’s Giant Crossbow, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 54:

     Although generally more powerful than the great crossbow, the springald was not as versatile, since it could not be moved quickly during a siege, nor would it operate properly in wet conditions at sea.

Translations

Further reading

• springald on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Spradling, grid plans