Language: en
Meaning: (uncountable)Youngoryouthfulpeople, especially as asourceofrevitalizingforce(in ateam,organization,etc.).Synonyms:fresh blood,new blood,youth1862August –1863March,Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, inThe Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire:Macmillan and Co., published1863,→OCLC:Young bloodmust have its course, lad, and every dog its day.; (countable)Ayoungperson(especially aman);also as aterm of address.Alternative form:youngblood1952,Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 4, in Carl Wildman, transl.,Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.:Simon & Schuster, translation ofΒίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά[Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá],→ISBN,page46:Every Saturday evening, rawyoung bloodsof the village would meet for a drink, and the wine made us lively. We stuck a sprig of basil behind our ears, one of my cousins took his guitar, and we went serenading.; (uncountable)Youthful,revitalizing,or youth-orientedideas.
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