Preadolescence
noun
noun ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The period between childhood and adolescence, between the ages of about 9 and 11 for girls, and 10 and 12 for boys. uncountable
"Jojo gains what Pop’s lost of his bearing. First, a brace across his thighs, all the bowlegged softness of his preadolescence dissolved to a granite stance."
Example
More examples"Jojo gains what Pop’s lost of his bearing. First, a brace across his thighs, all the bowlegged softness of his preadolescence dissolved to a granite stance."
Etymology
From pre- + adolescence.
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