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preteenage

preteenage adjective: younger than teenage; often specifically of an age shortly before the teens, such as 10-12.

Adjective

preteenage (not comparable)

  1. Younger than teenage; often specifically of an age shortly before the teens, such as 10-12.
    • So the same chains that had won over the preteenage, teenage and college crowd decided to tackle older women.2007 February 27, Michael Barbaro, “Gap Closing Chain Aimed at Over-30s”, in New York Times

Origin of preteenage

From pre- + teenage.

Questions about preteenage

What does preteenage mean?
Preteenage means younger than teenage; often specifically of an age shortly before the teens, such as 10-12.
What part of speech is preteenage?
Preteenage is an adjective.

Words near preteenage in the dictionary

  1. pretecta
  2. pretectal
  3. pretectonic
  4. pretectum
  5. preteen
  6. preteenage
  7. preteenager
  8. preteenagers
  9. preteendom
  10. preteener
  11. preteeners

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