Sekirov Dictionary

adolescent

/ˌæd.əˈlɛs.ənt/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

•
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
- Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, / Detain their adolescent charge too long. — 1785

noun1

•
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
- It may be wartime, but Miss Adolescent wants her fun! — 1944

forms

adolescents · more adolescent · most adolescent

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