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Pubescent

//pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
At or just after the age of puberty.
"2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi […] the pubescent male brain isn't noted for its consistent engagement with reality […]"
2
Covered with down or fine hairs.

Adjective

1
covered with fine soft hairs or down wordnet
2
(of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature wordnet

Noun

1
A person going through puberty.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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