TEENAGE

adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged

(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19; “teenage mothers”; “the teen years”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

teenage (uncountable)

(chiefly, Kentish dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges.

Synonyms

• teenet

Etymology 2

Adjective

teenage (not comparable)

Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.

Source: Wiktionary


Teen"age, n.

Definition: The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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