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teen
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1teen

noun \ˈtēn\

Definition of TEEN

archaic
: misery, affliction

Origin of TEEN

Middle English tene, from Old English tēona injury, grief; akin to Old Norse tjōn loss, damage
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with TEEN

bean, clean, dean, Dean, Deane, dene, e'en, gene, glean, green, jean, keen, lean, lien, mean, mesne, mien, peen, preen, quean, queen, scene, screen, sheen, shin, sin, spean, spleen, tween, wean, ween, wheen, yean

2teen

noun

Definition of TEEN

: a teenage person : teenager
— teen adjective

First Known Use of TEEN

1818

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