Adolescence
Pronunciation : Ad`o*les"cence
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.]
Definition : Defn: The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913