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adolescent/adəˈlesnt/
▶adjective in the process of developing from a child into an adult. ▶noun an adolescent boy or girl.
– derivatives
adolescence noun.
adolescence noun.
– origin ME: via Fr. from L. adolescent-, adolescere, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’.
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