Definitions
in the state of development between puberty and maturity
Word origin
First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785.
Used in a sentence
“Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, / Detain their adolescent charge too long.”
“It may be wartime, but Miss Adolescent wants her fun!”
“‘A healthy adolescent might be expected to produce five hundred billion blood cells a day.’”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Teenage”10 letters
02“Teen”10 letters
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