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youth-and-old-age

youth-and-old-age
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yooth and ohld eyj]
    • /yuθ ænd oʊld eɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yooth and ohld eyj]
    • /yuθ ænd oʊld eɪdʒ/

Definition of youth-and-old-age word

  • noun youth-and-old-age a stiff-growing, erect composite plant, Zinnia elegans, of Mexico, having large, solitary flowers with yellow-to-purple disks and usually red rays. 1

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Origin of youth-and-old-age

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Youth-and-old-age

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

youth-and-old-age popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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