Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teenageness

/ˈtin.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: teen-age-ness
IPA: /ˈtin.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being or being like a teenager.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Your teen experience is so central to what Zen Buddhists call “this great matter of birth and death,” that to be fully awake to your teenageness is to be a genuinely spiritual person."
"I almost feel sorry for them but then I realize that their response to her teenageness is helping shape her for the future."
"Mr. Avalon must have been near fifty now, but still some kind of feckless teenageness clung to him, in his lank, shining hair, his unbuttoned black shirts, the school-boyish way he'd kick back at his teaching desk, sneakers crossed on the tabletop."
"I wish I hadn't resisted the magnetic pull of teenageness into that roiling heart of communal feeling."

Etymology

From teenage + -ness.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtin.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/
British English: /ˈtiːn.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce teenageness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtin.eɪ̯d͡ʒ.nɪs/.
What does teenageness mean?: The quality of being or being like a teenager.
Where does teenageness come from?: From teenage + -ness.

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