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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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SOAK
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