yong
See also: Yong, yóng, yòng, yōng, and yǒng
English
Adjective
yong (comparative yonger, superlative yongest)
- Obsolete spelling of young
- 1608 (edition), Simon Patericke (translator), Innocent Gentillet (author), A DISCOVRSE VPON THE MEANES OF WEL GOVERNING AND MAINTAINING IN GOOD PEACE, A KINGDOME, OR OTHER PRINCIPALITIE, pages 238 and 250:
- caused the yong king
- […]
- knowing also many yong Romane gentlemen
- 1608 (edition), Simon Patericke (translator), Innocent Gentillet (author), A DISCOVRSE VPON THE MEANES OF WEL GOVERNING AND MAINTAINING IN GOOD PEACE, A KINGDOME, OR OTHER PRINCIPALITIE, pages 238 and 250:
Anagrams
- -gony, gyno, gyno-
Mandarin
Romanization
yong
- Nonstandard spelling of yōng.
- Nonstandard spelling of yóng.
- Nonstandard spelling of yǒng.
- Nonstandard spelling of yòng.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- yonge, yongge, young, younge, yung, yunge, iunge, yoing, yeng, yenge, ying, yinge, yyng, ynge, yhong, yhonge, yhung, yhyng, ȝohng, ȝeing, ȝhong, ȝong, ȝonge, ȝoung, ȝounge, ȝung, ȝunge, ȝungge, ȝeng, ȝenge, ȝing, ȝinge, ȝyng, ȝynge, ȝyonge, ȝonke, ȝoyng, ȝeonge, ȝuinge, ȝeunge, ȝiung, gunge, ging, ginge, jung
Etymology
From Old English ġeong.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /junɡ/, [juŋɡ]
Adjective
yong (comparative yongere, superlative yongeste)
- Early in growth or life; young.
- Characteristic of a young person; youthful.
- (figurative) Innocent.
- Having little experience; inexperienced, unpractised.
- Being the younger of two people of the same name, usually related; junior.
- At an early stage of existence or development.
- (of meat) Tender.
Antonyms
- olde
Derived terms
- yongly
- yong mone
- yong sonne
Descendants
- English: young
- Scots: young
References
- “yong, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 June 2018.