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pubescent

[ pyoo-bes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. arriving or arrived at puberty.
  2. Botany, Zoology. covered with down or fine short hair.


pubescent

/ ːˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. arriving or having arrived at puberty
  2. (of certain plants and animals or their parts) covered with a layer of fine short hairs or down
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

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

Origin of pubescent1

1640–50; < Latin ūŧԳ- (stem of ūŧŧԲ ), present participle of ūŧ to attain puberty, reach puberty, become hairy or downy. See pubes 1, -escent
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pubescent1

C17: from Latin ūŧ to reach manhood, from ū adult
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The video, Stockton argued, fails to include a sex education component and instead offers "misleading" context in an effort to teach pubescent children that a fetus is a human life.

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A pubescent Usher temporarily lost his voice after recording the first album, pushing him to focus on honing his dance skills and stage presence.

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My pubescent nerves did a pirouette in my stomach as we hung up, retreating to the haven of instant messages.

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To the moody strains of Sheik’s alt-rock score, the vise of adolescence is captured in a story about pubescent youths rebelling against the warping will of adult hypocrisy and repression.

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All these form an enormous playground where monumental things happen at inopportune times, each song a zoetrope world built for consoling and commiserating with the pains of being pubescent.

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