English Explanatory Dictionary

pubescent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. At or just after the age of puberty.
  2. Covered with down or fine hairs.
noun
  1. A person going through puberty.

Pronunciation

/pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pubescent.wav

Word forms

pubescent more pubescent most pubescent pubescents

Etymology

From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”).

Synonyms

nuptial pubescent

Antonyms

presexual

Related words

puberty pubescence impuberal peripubescent postpubescent prepubescent of age teenager estral productive puberulent

Derived words

mid-pubescent nonpubescent peripubescent postpubescent prepubescent pubescently pubescent oak subpubescent

Translations

Bulgarian: полово съзряващ Catalan: púber Catalan: pubescent Danish: kønsmoden Dutch: puberaal Finnish: murrosikäinen French: pubère French: pubescent Galician: pubescente Galician: púbere German: geschlechtsreif Portuguese: pubescente Portuguese: púbere Romanian: pubescent Russian: половозре́лый Spanish: pubescente
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