Teenage Definition

tēnāj

adjective

Of, relating to, or applicable to those aged 13 through 19.

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In one's teens.

Webster's New World

Of, characteristic of, or for persons in their teens.

Webster's New World

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

Fred's teenage years were the most difficult of times.

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noun

(chiefly Kentish dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges.

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Origin of Teenage

First attested circa 1700: teen (Kentish variant of tine: “enclose within a wattle fence") +"Ž -age (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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First attested in 1921: teen (“13-19") +"Ž age.

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