Word Study
Teen
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]
Thou sank'st alone." [1913 Webster]
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.
--adj. = TEENAGE.
--n. = TEENAGER.
Etymology
abbr. of TEENAGE, TEENAGER
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