subteenn.adj.
/ˌsʌbˈtiːn/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈtin/ Originally U.S.
A. n.
A child under (esp. just under) the age of thirteen; a pre-teen. Frequently in plural.
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the world > people > person > child > [noun]
wenchelc890
childeOE
littleOE
littlingOE
hired-childc1275
smalla1300
brolla1325
innocentc1325
chickc1330
congeonc1330
impc1380
faunt1382
young onec1384
scionc1390
weea1400
birdc1405
chickenc1440
enfaunta1475
small boyc1475
whelp1483
burden1490
little one1509
brat?a1513
younkerkin1528
kitling1541
urchin1556
loneling1579
breed1586
budling1587
pledge?1587
ragazzo1591
simplicity1592
bantling1593
tadpole1594
two-year-old1594
bratcheta1600
lambkin1600
younker1601
dandling1611
buda1616
eyas-musketa1616
dovelinga1618
whelplinga1618
puppet1623
butter printa1625
chit1625
piggy1625
ninnyc1626
youngster1633
fairya1635
lap-child1655
chitterling1675
squeaker1676
cherub1680
kid1690
wean1692
kinchin1699
getlingc1700
totum17..
charity-child1723
small girl1734
poult1739
elfin1748
piggy-wiggy1766
piccaninny1774
suck-thumb18..
teeny1802
olive1803
sprout1813
stumpie1820
sexennarian1821
totty1822
toddle1825
toddles1828
poppet1830
brancher1833
toad1836
toddler1837
ankle-biter1840
yarkera1842
twopenny1844
weeny1844
tottykins1849
toddlekins1852
brattock1858
nipper1859
sprat1860
ninepins1862
angelet1868
tenas man1870
tad1877
tacker1885
chavvy1886
joey1887
toddleskin1890
thumb-sucker1891
littlie1893
peewee1894
tyke1894
che-ild1896
kiddo1896
mother's bairn1896
childling1903
kipper1905
pick1905
small1907
God forbid1909
preadolescent1909
subadolescent1914
toto1914
snookums1919
tweenie1919
problem child1920
squirt1924
trottie1924
tiddler1927
subteen1929
perisher1935
poopsie1937
pre-schooler1937
pre-teen1938
pre-teener1940
juvie1941
sprog1944
pikkie1945
subteenager1947
pre-teenager1948
pint-size1954
saucepan lid1960
rug rat1964
smallie1984
bosom-child-
1917 Publishers' Weekly 22 Sept. 888 (advt.) Every girl in her sub-teens or early teens will revel in this story.]
1929 Portsmouth (Ohio) Daily Times 31 Oct. 12/6 (advt.) Brimmed and off-face hats for ‘sub-teens’.
1952 Amer. Speech 27 73 Bonds department store, 16 Feb.: Adv. announcing opening of ‘Infants to Subteens Shop’.
1964 Discovery Oct. 31/2 Even the sub-teens of the 1960's interpret all too readily the Freudian symbolism of Peter Pan.
1976 Publishers Weekly 7 June 75/1 Subteens and teens with an ambition to get into journalism.
2004 Express (Nexis) 7 Apr. (Features section) 68 Accommodation was the main issue and finding somewhere to fit us all (one adult, two teenagers and two subteens) is a nightmare.
B. adj.
Of a child: under (esp. just under) the age of thirteen; not yet teenage. Of a thing: characteristic of, relating to, or designed for this age group. Cf. pre-teen adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > for specific people > children
Kate Greenaway1902
subteen1929
1929 Portsmouth (Ohio) Daily Times 31 Oct. 12/6 (advt.) We've selected the off-the face..modes that misses favor, yet girlish enough for the one of sub-'teen age.
1944 Billboard 24 June 50/2 Hi Buddy!..Comedy-drama... Dick Foran, Harriet Hilliard and a cast of sub-teen juveniles.
1953 Sun (Baltimore) 22 July 5/5 (advt.) Very special purchase! Regular 5.98 and 7.98 sub-teen cottons.
1968 P. Welles Babyhip xxii. 151 Armed with enormous shopping bags, they descended on the subteen department.
1978 M. Farren Feelies 146 The sub-teen girls in the crowd went even wilder.
2008 Buffalo News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 July c1 This..is a pitilessly dark art movie..(I wouldn't, by the way, encourage any but the most sophisticated subteen kids to see it.)
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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