adolescent

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.

Noun

• A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

Origin

• First attested 1482, from French adolescent, from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolesco, from ad- + alesco. The adjective first appeared in 1785.