adolescence
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolescentia, from adolescens (“young”); see adolescent.
[edit] Noun
adolescence (countable and uncountable; plural adolescences)
- The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
- During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.
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period between childhood and maturity
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[edit] External links
- adolescence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- adolescence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Noun
adolescence f. (plural adolescences)
