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Adoˊlescence, or Adolescency
Adoˊlescence, or Ado’lescency [F. Adolescenza, It. Adolescéncia, Sp. ofAdolescentia, L.] the Flower of Youth, the State of young Persons, from twelve Years of Age to twenty one in Women; and from fourteen to twenty
five or thirty in Men, or it is that Period of a Person’s Age, commencing from Infancy and terminating at his full Growth.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Adaˊrcon *
Adoˊnia