teen¹ (tēn)
n.

1. teens
   1. The numbers 13 through 19.
   2. The 13th through 19th items in a series or scale, as years of a century or degrees of temperature.
2. A teenager.

adj.
Teenage.


teen² (tēn)
n. Archaic
Misery; grief.

[Middle English tene, from Old English tēona.]

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