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prepubescent

[ pree-pyoo-bes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.


noun

  1. a prepubescent boy or girl.

prepubescent

/ ˌːːˈɛəԳ /

noun

  1. a person who has not yet reached puberty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. not yet having reached puberty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·cԳ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of prepubescent1

First recorded in 1900–05; pre- + pubescent
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Optimal bone health starts in utero, but our prepubescent years are key to setting our skeleton up for later life.

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The charges describe the images as involving prepubescent girls, infants and toddlers.

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On the contrary, we live in a culture so hell-bent on de-aging women into prepubescent girls.

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Terrified of socializing with people her own age, she claims to prefer hanging out in the family chateau with her prepubescent niece and the maid.

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Who could have figured the largest following was for a prepubescent Korean American who was first identified as a prodigy in a YouTube video at age 7.

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