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单词 teenagehood
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teenagehoodn.

Brit. /ˈtiːneɪdʒhʊd/, U.S. /ˈtiˌneɪdʒˌhʊd/
Forms: see teenage adj. and -hood suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: teenage adj., -hood suffix.
Etymology: < teenage adj. + -hood suffix, after childhood n., manhood n. III., etc.
Originally North American.
The condition or state of being a teenager. Also: the teenage years; the period of time between thirteen and nineteen years of age (inclusive).
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1934 Sunday News & Tribune (Jefferson City, Missouri) 14 Oct. 14 a/2 He has been robbed of his childhood, his 'teen-age-hood, his young manhood.
1960 Salt Lake Tribune 23 Oct. (This Week Mag.) 17/1 Like most young women who have not yet graduated from the ranks of teen-agehood, Shahnaz likes to dance and listen to Frank Sinatra records.
1975 Economist 25 Oct. (Suppl.) 39/2 The kids [of black families in American cities]..are often left on the scrapheap through teenagehood because of high unemployment for the young unskilled.
1995 S. Parkin in J. Goldsworthy Mothers by Daughters 106 By the time I hit teenagehood and my hormones were whizzing about my body in an uncontrolled, manic state, the inevitable teenage revolt had entered my orbit.
2006 Time Out N.Y. 13 July 137/2 The Impossible Shapes is an Indiana band that's been together since teenagehood.
2017 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 July (Opinion section) 16 Yes, I recognise myself as being a sanctimonious, self-indulgent prat, but that's what teenagehood is!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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