ADOLESCENCE

adolescence

(noun) in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood

adolescence

(noun) the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

adolescence (countable and uncountable, plural adolescences)

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

Synonyms: teendom, teenhood

Source: Wiktionary


Ad`o*les"cence, n. Etym: [Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.]

Definition: The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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