Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mid-adolescent

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
mid-ado-les-cent
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

being in or pertaining to the middle of the adolescence

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mid- + adolescent.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more mid-adolescent (comparative) most mid-adolescent (superlative)

Questions

What does mid-adolescent mean?
being in or pertaining to the middle of the adolescence
Where does mid-adolescent come from?
From mid- + adolescent.

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