preadolescence

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preadolescence

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  1. uncountable The period between childhood and adolescence, between the ages of about nine and eleven for girls, and ten and twelve for boys. Jojo gains what Pop’s lost of his bearing. First, a brace across his thighs, all the bowlegged softness of his preadolescence dissolved to a granite stance.

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noun the period between childhood and adolescence

Portuguêspré-adolescência
Françaispréadolescence
DeutschPräadoleszenz
Italianopreadolescenza

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@misc{preadolescence_2026,
  title = {preadolescence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preadolescence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}