TEEN


Meaning of TEEN in English

I. ˈtēn noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English tene, from Old English tēona injury, anger, grief; akin to Old Frisian tiona injury, Old Saxon tiono, Old Norse tjōn, and perhaps to Greek daiein to kindle, burn up, Sanskrit dunoti he burns, distresses

1. obsolete : injury , damage , hurt

2. chiefly Scotland : irritation , anger

3. archaic : grief , misery , affliction

with public toil and private teen thou sank'st alone — Matthew Arnold

II.

variant of tind

III. adjective

Etymology: -teen (as in thirteen )

: teenage

about the beginning of the teen period — John Ruskin

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