adolescentn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌadəˈlɛsnt/, U.S.

/ˌædlˈɛs(ə)nt/

Forms: late Middle English adolocent (transmission error), late Middle English–1500s adolescente, late Middle English– adolescent.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French adolescent; Latin adolēscent-, adolēscēns.

Etymology: As noun < Middle French adolescent (13th cent. in Old French; French adolescent ) and its etymon classical Latin adolēscent-, adolēscēns (also adulēscent- , adulēscēns ) youthful person, young man or woman, use as noun of adolēscent- , adolēscēns , adjective (see below). As adjective < classical Latin adolēscent- , adolēscēns (also adulēscent- , adulēscēns ) young, youthful, use as adjective of present participle of adolēscere (also adulēscere ) to become mature, to grow up, to grow, to grow bigger ( < ad- ad- prefix + alēscere to grow up < alere to nourish (see aliment n.) + -ēscere -esce suffix); compare Middle French, French adolescent , adjective (a1585 in age adolescent age of adolescence). Compare adult adj.

A. n.

A person in the age of adolescence; a youth. Also: an animal at an analogous stage of development.In earliest use with reference to a young horse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent

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puberc1350

adolescent?1440

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teener1894

post-pubescent1904

teenager1913

tweenie1919

teeny1940

tweenager1949

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tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 869 (MED) In folis, as they are adolescentis..as myche is forto se As is biforn wel seid of their parentis.

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 243 (MED) So for bataile adolescentys yonge..Vpright-necked, brod-brested, boned stronge.

1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation lii. f. 59 ^v A certen adolescente a yonge man.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 45 Thair scho allone wilsum of ane gudereid, Throw Goddis grace stert wp into the steid Quhilk neuer spak ane young adolescent: Sayand, I am of this deid Innocent.

1663 W. Clark Marciano i. vi. 9 I will assure you, Ladies, he is an adolescent of eximious candor and egregious integrity.

1783 Hibernian Mag. Dec. 617 On the Reverse is the Head of an Adolescent, with flowing Hair, and the Cap of Liberty.

1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 76 498 Conveying, without indecency, to adolescents many facts concerning the human frame.

1863 Boston Daily Advertiser 18 July Harvard..whose morning bell has murdered sleep for so many generations of drowsy adolescents, is at its post.

1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 549 With few exceptions the divisions occur in young or adolescent monkeys, occlusion evidently taking place early in life.

1964 A. Nin Collages 87 Within the mature woman a young and virginal adolescent was still sleeping under her first communion and wedding dress innocence.

2001 Oldie Dec. 31/1 Nature wants children to fly the nest, so it has made adolescents so frightful that parents can't wait to kick them out.

B. adj.

1. Designating an adolescent or adolescents; that is in the age of adolescence. Also: of or belonging to an adolescent or to adolescence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent

adolescent1481

undergrown1601

pubescent1646

halfling1801

halflang1805

teenish1811

halfling1815

teening1818

puberala1856

puberate1880

pre-adult1899

teenage1912

teenaged1913

1481 W. Worcester tr. Cicero Of Old Age sig. c8, in tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) I desire not for to haue the strengthis nowe of an adolescent yong man [L. adulescentis] aftir that I am become an olde man.

1538 D. Lindsay Complaynte & Test. Popiniay sig. Biij Nowe in thy adolescent yeres yenge Wolde thou euery day study but half an houre The regiment of princely gouernynge.

1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A4 Your minde..thogh yet adolescent, is so magnifickly inner-manned.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 305 Schools..Detain their adolescent charge too long.

1830 New Eng. Farmer 17 Sept. 72/1 Some train the adolescent mind, While buds of promise blow.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. i. 100 I see Near manhood in thy adolescent limbs.

1946 H. Becker German Youth v. 80 The pipingly boyish and uncertainly adolescent voices resound.

1995 T. Parks Ital. Educ. 15 There is a jukebox fed by a couple of adolescent girls in delightfully skimpy costumes.

2. Of an emotion, quality, etc.: characteristic of adolescence.

ΚΠ

1704 W. Lilly tr. ‘E. Pater’ Bk. Knowl. ii. v. 37 This signifies the Disposition to be airy, brisk, and adolescent, and betokens the Spring.

1799 E. A. Bray Poems 173 Greatly swoll'n by adolescent pride.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad viii. 290 Unfold each day some adolescent grace.

1879 J. Magnus & H. C. Bunner Bad Case in J. B. Matthews Comedies for Amateur Acting 80 This young heart yearns toward you, in all its—its—its adolescent efflorescence, Miranda.

1935 M. Anderson Winterset ii. 83 I interrupt a love scene, I believe. We can do without your adolescent mawkishness.

1969 R. L. C. Simms tr. E. Garro Recoll. Things to come vii. 48 An almost adolescent shyness caused her to blush and giggle whenever she was with strangers.

1993 B. Yagoda Will Rogers iv. 69 Somehow his lengthy trip abroad had caused a kind of emotional regression: He now felt an adolescent awkwardness around women.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adolescent
释义	adolescentn.adj. Brit. /ˌadəˈlɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌædlˈɛs(ə)nt/ Forms: late Middle English adolocent (transmission error), late Middle English–1500s adolescente, late Middle English– adolescent. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French adolescent; Latin adolēscent-, adolēscēns. Etymology: As noun < Middle French adolescent (13th cent. in Old French; French adolescent ) and its etymon classical Latin adolēscent-, adolēscēns (also adulēscent- , adulēscēns ) youthful person, young man or woman, use as noun of adolēscent- , adolēscēns , adjective (see below). As adjective < classical Latin adolēscent- , adolēscēns (also adulēscent- , adulēscēns ) young, youthful, use as adjective of present participle of adolēscere (also adulēscere ) to become mature, to grow up, to grow, to grow bigger ( < ad- ad- prefix + alēscere to grow up < alere to nourish (see aliment n.) + -ēscere -esce suffix); compare Middle French, French adolescent , adjective (a1585 in age adolescent age of adolescence). Compare adult adj. A. n. A person in the age of adolescence; a youth. Also: an animal at an analogous stage of development.In earliest use with reference to a young horse. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent farrowa700 puberc1350 adolescent?1440 teen1818 teener1894 post-pubescent1904 teenager1913 tweenie1919 teeny1940 tweenager1949 jean-ager1959 skin1969 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 869 (MED) In folis, as they are adolescentis..as myche is forto se As is biforn wel seid of their parentis. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 243 (MED) So for bataile adolescentys yonge..Vpright-necked, brod-brested, boned stronge. 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation lii. f. 59 ^v A certen adolescente a yonge man. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iii. f. 45 Thair scho allone wilsum of ane gudereid, Throw Goddis grace stert wp into the steid Quhilk neuer spak ane young adolescent: Sayand, I am of this deid Innocent. 1663 W. Clark Marciano i. vi. 9 I will assure you, Ladies, he is an adolescent of eximious candor and egregious integrity. 1783 Hibernian Mag. Dec. 617 On the Reverse is the Head of an Adolescent, with flowing Hair, and the Cap of Liberty. 1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 76 498 Conveying, without indecency, to adolescents many facts concerning the human frame. 1863 Boston Daily Advertiser 18 July Harvard..whose morning bell has murdered sleep for so many generations of drowsy adolescents, is at its post. 1903 Amer. Anthropologist 5 549 With few exceptions the divisions occur in young or adolescent monkeys, occlusion evidently taking place early in life. 1964 A. Nin Collages 87 Within the mature woman a young and virginal adolescent was still sleeping under her first communion and wedding dress innocence. 2001 Oldie Dec. 31/1 Nature wants children to fly the nest, so it has made adolescents so frightful that parents can't wait to kick them out. B. adj. 1. Designating an adolescent or adolescents; that is in the age of adolescence. Also: of or belonging to an adolescent or to adolescence. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent adolescent1481 undergrown1601 pubescent1646 halfling1801 halflang1805 teenish1811 halfling1815 teening1818 puberala1856 puberate1880 pre-adult1899 teenage1912 teenaged1913 1481 W. Worcester tr. Cicero Of Old Age sig. c8, in tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) I desire not for to haue the strengthis nowe of an adolescent yong man [L. adulescentis] aftir that I am become an olde man. 1538 D. Lindsay Complaynte & Test. Popiniay sig. Biij Nowe in thy adolescent yeres yenge Wolde thou euery day study but half an houre The regiment of princely gouernynge. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall Ep. Ded. sig. A4 Your minde..thogh yet adolescent, is so magnifickly inner-manned. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 305 Schools..Detain their adolescent charge too long. View more context for this quotation 1830 New Eng. Farmer 17 Sept. 72/1 Some train the adolescent mind, While buds of promise blow. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. i. 100 I see Near manhood in thy adolescent limbs. 1946 H. Becker German Youth v. 80 The pipingly boyish and uncertainly adolescent voices resound. 1995 T. Parks Ital. Educ. 15 There is a jukebox fed by a couple of adolescent girls in delightfully skimpy costumes. 2. Of an emotion, quality, etc.: characteristic of adolescence. ΚΠ 1704 W. Lilly tr. ‘E. Pater’ Bk. Knowl. ii. v. 37 This signifies the Disposition to be airy, brisk, and adolescent, and betokens the Spring. 1799 E. A. Bray Poems 173 Greatly swoll'n by adolescent pride. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad viii. 290 Unfold each day some adolescent grace. 1879 J. Magnus & H. C. Bunner Bad Case in J. B. Matthews Comedies for Amateur Acting 80 This young heart yearns toward you, in all its—its—its adolescent efflorescence, Miranda. 1935 M. Anderson Winterset ii. 83 I interrupt a love scene, I believe. We can do without your adolescent mawkishness. 1969 R. L. C. Simms tr. E. Garro Recoll. Things to come vii. 48 An almost adolescent shyness caused her to blush and giggle whenever she was with strangers. 1993 B. Yagoda Will Rogers iv. 69 Somehow his lengthy trip abroad had caused a kind of emotional regression: He now felt an adolescent awkwardness around women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.?1440
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