youngen

English

Etymology 1

From young +‎ -en.

Verb

youngen (third-person singular simple present youngens, present participle youngening, simple past and past participle 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.

Synonyms

• youthen

Antonyms

• olden

Derived terms

• youngening

Etymology 2

See youngin.

Noun

youngen (plural youngens)

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