youngen
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
youngen (third-person singular simple present youngens, present participle youngening, simple past and past participle youngened)
- (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.
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Etymology 2[edit]
See youngin.
Noun[edit]
youngen (plural youngens)
- Alternative form of youngin (“young person”)