teen

• POS: Adjective, Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

teen, n. [OE. tene, AS. teóna reproach, wrong, fr. teón to accuse; akin to G. zeihen, Goth. gateihan to tell, announce, L. dicere to say. See Token.].

 Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.  Chaucer. Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
"With public toil and private teen
Thou sank'st alone."  [1913 Webster]

teen, v. t. [AS. teónian, tnan, to slander, vex. √64. See Teen, n.].

 To excite; to provoke; to vex; to affict; to injure.  Piers Plowman.  [1913 Webster]

teen, v. t. [See Tine to shut.].

 To hedge or fence in; to inclose.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]

teen, n. 

 a teenager.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

teen, adj. & n.
--adj. = TEENAGE.
--n. = TEENAGER.

Etymology

abbr. of TEENAGE, TEENAGER