yong

See also: Yong, yóng, yòng, yōng, yǒng, and Yǒng

English

Adjective

yong (comparative yonger, superlative yongest)

  1. 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

Anagrams

Mandarin

Romanization

yong

  1. Nonstandard spelling of yōng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of yóng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of yǒng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of yòng.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ġeong, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz.

Adjective

yong

  1. young

Descendants

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