Definition of Adoliscent
Ad`o*les"cent (ăd`&osl;*l&ebreve;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.
Ad`o*les"cent, n. A youth.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Characteristic of, or relating to, or undergoing adolescence; immature:
- A teenager; a juvenile after puberty
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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