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teen⋅age

  [teen-eyj]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a teenager.
Also, teenaged.

Origin:
1920–25; teen (see teens ) + age
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teen·age   (tēn'āj')   
adj.  Of, relating to, or applicable to those aged 13 through 19.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

teenage 
1921, formed from -teen as a separate word + age; derived noun teenager is from 1941 (the earlier word for this was teener, attested in Anmer.Eng. from 1894). Teen-aged (adj.) is from 1952; shortened form teen is from 1951 (though this had been used as a noun to mean "teen-aged person" in 1818). Teeny-bopper is recorded from 1966, from teen but also felt as infl. by teeny. For second element, see bop.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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