2. Noun. One who is not yet an adult. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preadult
1. a person not yet an adult [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preadult
Literary usage of Preadult
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The multiple mimetic forms result from (i) sexual dimorphism, (ii) color variation
in the adult female, and (Hi) developmental changes in the preadult ..."
2. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"The NCI and the AAP have developed recommendations for health professionals to
prevent their preadult patients from trying smoking (Epps and Manley 1991b). ..."
3. Prehistoric Man and His Story: A Sketch of the History of Mankind from the by George Francis Scott Elliot (1915)
"It occurs in the preadult stage in gorilla, juvenile gibbon, infantile orang-utan,
and before birth in chimpanzee and in man (Frizzi, Arch.<f. ..."
4. Genetic Philosophy of Education: An Epitome of the Published Educatonal by George Everett Partridge, Granville Stanley Hall (1912)
"In a sense, this period seems to be a preadult life, a time in which traits that
racially belong to maturity cast their shadows before. ..."
5. Genetic Philosophy of Education: An Epitome of the Published Educational by George Everett Partridge, Granville Stanley Hall (1912)
"In a sense, this period seems to be a preadult life, a time in which traits that
racially belong to maturity cast their shadows before. ..."
6. The California Spotted Owl: A Technical Assessment of Its Current Status. by Jared Verner (1994)
"preadult survival rate (/,) was the probability of survival from fledging (age
when leaving the nest) to age 2 and was given by the product of ,v|r and .v. ..."
7. Status and Value of Music in Education by Rose Yont (1916)
"A preadult life in which shadows are cast before, and mingle with the passing
traits of childhood. After a supreme effort, nature severs ..."
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