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preadoˈlescent, a. and n.
[pre- B. 1.]
A. adj.
a. Of a child: having nearly reached the beginning of adolescence.
b. Of or pertaining to the two or three years before the beginning of adolescence.
1910A. C. Perry Probl. Elementary School x. 201 It is probably true that the preadolescent girl can pursue her school work side by side with the boy without the slightest danger. 1925Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry XIV. 215 Since the patient is usually preadolescent, a separation of the cranial sutures..is likely to be present. 1935E. Bowen House in Paris ii. i. 81 His pre-adolescent mind. 1949M. Mead Male & Female xi. 232 The charming street-dance in which a little pre-adolescent girl dances to delight the men of the village. 1976Deakin & Willis Johnny go Home vi. 85 Happier pre-adolescent family holidays.
B. n. A preadolescent child.
1930K. McHale Pre-Adolescence 3 Most people look upon the average pre-adolescent as one who has his second teeth..and who is not yet burdened with any difficult adjustments. 1951Child Devel. XXII. 15 The opportunity to observe the play configurations of pre-adolescents was offered by the Guidance Study at the Institute of Child Welfare, University of California. 196020th Cent. Nov. 434 The idea of the unfallen, pre-adolescent has exercised an extraordinary strong appeal. 1973Nature 27 Apr. 582/3 A pabulum of romanticized science digested to gibberish for consumption by pre-adolescents.
Hence preadoˈlescence, the preadolescent period or stage of development.
1930K. McHale Pre-Adolescence 3 The brain..reaches nearly maximum size during the years of pre-adolescence. 1949E. B. Hurlock Adolescent Devel. i. 4 Because boys mature slightly later than girls, we may regard their pre⁓adolescence as extending from 11 to 12½ or 13, early adolescence from 13 to 17, and late adolescence from 18 to 21 years. 1972Sci. Amer. July 76/2 She was able to follow the same child from birth to preadolescence. |