adolescent (noun)
31bobby-soxer — noun Date: 1944 an adolescent girl …
32chlorosis — noun Date: 1678 1. an iron deficiency anemia especially of adolescent girls that may impart a greenish tint to the skin called also greensickness 2. a diseased condition in green plants marked by yellowing or blanching • chlorotic adjective …
33junior miss — noun Date: 1923 1. an adolescent girl 2. junior 1b …
34Peter Pan — noun Date: 1904 1. a boy in Sir James Barrie s play Peter Pan who lives without growing older in a never never land 2. an adult who does not want to grow up ; one who hangs on to adolescent interests and attitudes …
35puppy love — noun Date: 1823 transitory love or affection felt by a child or adolescent …
36Valley girl — noun Usage: often capitalized G Date: 1982 an adolescent girl from the San Fernando Valley; also one whose values, mannerisms, and especially speech patterns resemble those of such a girl …
37vision quest — noun Date: 1922 a solitary vigil by an adolescent American Indian boy to seek spiritual power and learn through a vision the identity of his usually animal or bird guardian spirit …
38eromenos — noun /ɛˈrəʊmɛnɒs/ An adolescent boy who was courted by an older man, or was in an erotic relationship with him. In his early twenties the young aristocratic lover (erastes) took a teen aged youth, the eromenos or beloved, to bond with and train… …
39youth — noun /juːθ/ a) The quality or state of being young. Her youth and beauty is what attracted him to her. b) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or,… …
40adolescence — noun The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity. During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with. Syn …
