teen

Meanings

Noun

• A teenager.
• Grief; sorrow; trouble.
• Vexation; anger; hate.

Adjective

• Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

Verb

• To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
• To become angry or distressed.
• To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in.

Origin

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• From Middle English tene, from Old English tēona, tēone, *tēon, from Proto-Germanic *teuną.
• From Middle English tenen, from Old English tēonian, tȳnan, from Proto-West Germanic *tiunijan, from Proto-Germanic *tiunijaną.
• From Middle English tenen, tinen, from Old English tȳnan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną. tine. Cognate with Dutch tuinen, German zäunen. Related to English town.