youngest
Speech parts
1. youngest - Noun
2. youngest - Adjective
Derived from young
Meaning
superlative form of young: most young
Most recently begun or formed.
I may be the youngest in my family but I still resent being referred to as the baby.
(card games) Receiving dealt cards last, i.e. immediately before the next deal to the eldest.
youngest (plural youngests)
The youngest child in a family, or individual in a group.
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Examples
Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.
We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem our land!
I wanted to break the record, of course, and become the youngest person to sail around the world solo and unassisted.
For many years I was the youngest among my mathematical friends. It makes me melancholy to realize that I now have become the oldest in most groups of scientists.
The youngest thorns are the sharpest.
The youngest kitten already chases mice.