bloom of youth
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6.3
- noun
:
flor de la juventud
- During the bloom of youth, we feel invincible and full of dreams.
Examples
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She often reflects on the carefree days of her bloom of youth with fondness.
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But in the maid's imperfect features, Zorah saw the true bloom of youth.
Fiction book (1991) -
Although, he does have that refreshin' bloom of youth about him.
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When they rose, the bloom of youth was in their cheeks.
Fiction book (2001) -
The athletes displayed an energy and enthusiasm that marked the bloom of youth.
Synonyms
164
1.0
The time between childhood and adulthood when someone is young
16
3.2
A time when a person or thing is at its best
7
4.1
A time when something is most successful or active
3
8.2
A time in youth when you feel lively and inexperienced
3
5.8
A period of great growth and achievement in art or culture
3
4.2
Years when a person is strongest and most active
A time in youth when a person has the most energy and hope
Antonyms
How Youthful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'bloom' (a period of greatest freshness/beauty) combined with 'youth' (being young) yields the idea of the prime period of being young. This floral-for-prime metaphor and the genitive 'of' composition is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Bloom of youth comes from the image of a flower in full bloom and a young person full of life, where bloom is the flower's best time and youth means being young, so it refers to the period when someone is young and 'at their best'.