adolescence
Meaning
The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
Concepts
adolescence
youth
puberty
boyhood
teens
pubescence
girlhood
youthful appearance
teenager
early years
teenage
adolescent
period of maturity
salad days
boy
lad
laddie
age of indiscretion
teen age
Adolescents
teenagers
maturity
nubility
green
juvenility
young period
pubertas
age of puberty
teendom
teenhood
younghood
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌædəˈlɛsəns/
Etymology
From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent.
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