teenage
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adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a teenager.
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Teenage
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
teenage
1921, formed from -teen as a separate word + age. 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 influenced by teeny. For second element, see bop.
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Example sentences
Because lurking behind the scientific arguments is a big public policy conflict over what to do about teenage pregnancy.
To travel only blocks in his own homeland, an elderly grandfather waits to beg for the whim of a teenage soldier.
His teenage audiences yelled out with him, suddenly liberated.
The correspondent says that he thinks these books can bring more teenage boys into the reading habit.
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