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Adolescence Adolescence Ad`o*les"cence, n. [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.
Adolescency Adolescency Ad`o*les"cen*cy, n.
The quality of being adolescent; youthfulness.
Adolescent Adolescent Ad`o*les"cent ([a^]d`[-o]*l[e^]s"sent), a. [L.
adolescens, p. pr. of adolescere to grow up to; ad + the
inchoative olescere to grow: cf. F. adolescent. See Adult.]
Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.
Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain
their adolescent charge too long. --Cowper.
