adolescent
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lˈɛs adjective
1.
growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
2.
having the characteristics of adolescence or of an adolescent.
noun
3.
an adolescent person.
Origin:
1475–85; < Latin adolēscent- (stem of adolēscēns growing up, present participle of adolēscere), equivalent to adol(ē)- (see adult) + -ēsc- -esce + -ent- -ent
1475–85; < Latin adolēscent- (stem of adolēscēns growing up, present participle of adolēscere), equivalent to adol(ē)- (see adult) + -ēsc- -esce + -ent- -ent
Related forms
ad·o·les·cent·ly, adverb
post·ad·o·les·cent, adjective, noun
sub·ad·o·les·cent, adjective, noun
Synonyms
1. immature, young. 3. youth, teenager, minor.
1. immature, young. 3. youth, teenager, minor.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to adolescence |
| 2. | informal behaving in an immature way; puerile |
| —n | |
| 3. | an adolescent person |
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Word Origin & History
adolescent
late 15c., from M.Fr. adolescent, from L. adolescentem (nom. adolescens), prp. of adolescere "grow up," from ad- "to" + alescere "be nourished," hence, "increase, grow up," inchoative of alere "to nourish" (see old). The adj. is first attested in 1785. Adolesce was a back-formed
verb used early 20c. by H.G. Wells, G.B. Shaw, Louis MacNeice, but it seems not to have taken.
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Medical Dictionary
adolescent ad·o·les·cent (ād'l-ěs'ənt)
adj.
Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence. n.
A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity; a teenager.
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Example sentences
As if to make his point about adolescent outbursts, Backhaus started screaming.
It seems very adolescent to me.
She traces her life from young, eager-to-please child to questioning adolescent.
The venomous cobra is an adolescent and will likely come out of hiding when she is hungry.
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