pubescent
adjective
arriving or arrived at puberty.
pubescence
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a word derived from
pubescent.
Example Sentences
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Still, the film does end strongly on the idea that one must — must! — ditch their stunted pubescence or risk a breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
“I assumed it was something they put out into the world. I assumed they were profiting from it,” Rogen says of the video that leaked in his pubescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
It is good to see that a few young men can grope through the biochemical fog of pubescence to find a way out of this violent cycle.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2014
He did not yet know how, but he believed, as he approached pubescence, that his head would be his.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2011
Warm and arid situations promote, and wet ones are apt to diminish pubescence.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
