Obs. In 4–5 iuuente(e. [ad. OF. joveneté, ad. L. juventās, -tātem youth: cf. bonitātem, bonté, bounty, etc.: see -TY.] Youth; = JUVENT, JUVENTUTE.
1377. [see JUVENT].
c. 1407. Scogan, Moral Balade, 11. More I complayn my mispent juventè [rhyme me; Chaucer’s Wks., ed. Thynne 1542, Stowe 1561, iuuentute].
c. 1470. Harding, Chron. LXXXII. iii. The virgyns then, of pure virgynitee, And then thynnocentes of tender iuuentee.
