adolescence
NounUS[ad-uh-les-uhns]/ˌædəˈlɛsəns/4 syllablesalso [ad-oh-les-uhns] /ˌædoʊˈlɛsəns/
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthoodType of time of lifePart of youthParts puberty, genital stage
- in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthoodType of immaturity, immatureness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ad′o·les′cence (…), noun
Origin: Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54