Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

youthen

/ˈjuθən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: youthen
IPA: /ˈjuθən/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make younger or more youthful.

Transitive verb

verb

To become younger or more youthful.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"It youthened her, melted the stark, hungry grip about her mouth."
"Mr. Wilson can hardly be unaware that once a writer chooses to youthen or resurrect a word, it lives again..."
"He nods, time traveling to a point when there were no central lines, no low blood counts, no immunosuppressive drugs. His face youthens momentarily as he bridges back to a point on a timeline that has none of this devastation on it."

Etymology

From youth + -en.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: youth

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈjuθən/
British English: /ˈjuːθən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

youthens (present, singular) youthening (participle, present) youthened (participle, past) youthened (past)

Derived Forms

youthenize

Questions

How do you pronounce youthen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjuθən/.
What does youthen mean?: To make younger or more youthful.
Where does youthen come from?: From youth + -en.

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