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teenaged en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒd/

Etymology

From teen + aged.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Aged between thirteen and nineteen inclusive; teenage.
    • a teenaged girl
    • In one photograph, a teenaged Leah crouches by a tall cylindrical tank containing what she identified to me as a giant Pacific octopus named Pamela. We were pals, she said, in a voice that I thought seemed to strive for offhandedness, did you know they taste with their skin? Octopuses, I mean. 2022, Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea, Picador, page 67:
    • Dexter's vocals are competent enough: his timbre is thin and eternally teenaged, but he can go apeshit on the hiccupy histrionics like no one's business. 1999 August 26, Buddy Seigal, “Even Old Englishmen Still Get Wood”, in OC Weekly, retrieved 16 Jun 2009:

Synonyms

teen · teenage