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单词 teenagery
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teenageryn.

Brit. /ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈtiˌneɪdʒəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: teenager n., -y suffix3.
Etymology: < teenager n. + -y suffix3; compare -ery suffix.
The period or state of being a teenager.
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the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty
pubertyc1384
adolescence?a1425
adolescency?a1475
in one's teens1596
pubes1637
pubescency1658
pubescence1822
teenhood1845
hog age1848
the awkward age1895
prepubescence1908
prepuberty1922
teenagery1950
teenagedness1952
jean-age1959
1950 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 19 Apr. 4/3 A son afflicted with teen-agery in its most virulent form.
1964 in C. Hamblett & J. Deverson Generation X 144 There wasn't teenagery then; youth was school-leaving, job, National Service, and then marriage.
1979 Washington Post 9 Nov. f1/6 But he was pig-headed—steady-minded, if you prefer—even beyond the norm of teenagery.
2007 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constitution (Nexis) 14 July 2 The usual angst of teenagery is represented in ‘Zits.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

teenageryadj.

Brit. /ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈtiˌneɪdʒəri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: teenager n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < teenager n. + -y suffix1.
colloquial.
Characteristic of a teenager.
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1987 Anderson (Indiana) Herald-Bull. 18 Dec. b3/1 ‘What should I get him?’ the woman asked the mother of an 11-year-old boy. ‘Something teenager-y,’ said the mother.
2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty lxxviii. 288 You mean, you and Pete were snogging in the living room while all of us were asleep? That's so teenagery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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