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adultescent

noun

Etymology

Blend of adult + adolescent.

  1. derived from adolescentem
  2. derived from adolescent
  3. inherited from adolescent
  4. compounded as adultescent — “adult + adolescent”

Definitions

  1. An adult who continues to participate in and enjoy youth culture.

    • 1996, Precision Marketing 17 June 21/4 Consider the importance of adultescents to the music biz—they make up over a third of the audience at gigs, but have more cash to spend than teenagers.
    • First he was known as the ultimate adultescent, a thirty/fortysomething who admitted to being fixated with football and music and stuck at the mental/emotional age of 14.

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