Peripubescent

//ˌpɛɹipjʊˈbɛsənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the first onset of puberty; in the early stages of puberty; that is or are becoming pubescent. not-comparable

    "But it is acknowledged that the term, adolescence, is applicable to the last phase of childhood, to the peripubescent phase, and that it denotes especially the last relatively insignificant thrust of the lengthening of the body by the lower limbs."

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preteenpreteen

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"But it is acknowledged that the term, adolescence, is applicable to the last phase of childhood, to the peripubescent phase, and that it denotes especially the last relatively insignificant thrust of the lengthening of the body by the lower limbs."

Etymology

First attested in 1920: peri- (“around”, “round about”) + pubescent.

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