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What Bob is wearing that smells so good?
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adolescent
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Word definitions for adolescent in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "youth, young man," from Middle French adolescent (15c.) or directly from Latin adolescentem (nominative adolescens ) "growing, near maturity, youthful," present participle of adolescere "grow up, come to maturity, ripen," from ad- "to" (see ad- ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems" being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" [syn: teen , teenage , teenaged ] displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adolescent \Ad`o*les"cent\, n. A youth. [1913 Webster] ||
Usage examples of adolescent.
In adolescence the feelings of the Child replay in greatly amplified form as the hormones turn on and as the adolescent turns away from his parents as the principal source of stroking to his own age group for stroking of a new kind.
This letter, however, gives the adolescent power over a proud and otherwise inaccessible adult woman, whom both he and his father are in love with.
Besides, if he ever deigned to give a thought to me, Versilov was most likely expecting a young boy just out of high school, still a mere adolescent, gaping at the world in wide-eyed wonderment.
So why did you have to humiliate yourself like that before an impudent upstart, a mere adolescent like me?
Oh, forgive me, for I see the pained expression on your face, so please forgive this over enthusiastic adolescent for his clumsy way of saying what he feels.
And let no one laugh at this poor adolescent who comes up with advice on matrimonial matters in which obviously he cannot be an expert.
Even if an adolescent just wants to talk with friends in chat rooms, newsgroups, or email encounters, he or she still has to WRITE.
What if, for personal reasons, an adolescent wants information about abortion or being gay?
Is there a downside to the adolescent encountering internet travelers from other lands?
As is true of all adolescent activities, they need at least SOME supervision to stay on track and avoid trouble.
There will be a part of the adolescent - maybe even a part that they try to hide - that will love this.
The goal is to avoid letting the adolescent isolate cyberspace from the rest of their life.
There are loopholes, and a technically sophisticated adolescent will be able to defeat them.
If an adolescent can apply compassion for others even in the anonymous world of cyberspace, they can apply it anywhere in life.
Even if an adolescent just wants to talk with friends in chat rooms, blogs, message boards, or email encounters, he or she still has to WRITE.