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pubescent

[ pyoo-bes-uh nt ]
/ pyuˈbɛs ənt /
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adjective

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

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youthful, new, budding, inexperienced, adolescent, enthusiastic, underage, young, girlish, boyish, childlike, childish, incipient, promising, growing, fledgling, burgeoning, nascent, teen, productive

Nearby words

pubertal, puberty, puberulent, pubes, pubescence, pubescent, pubic, pubic angle, pubic arch, pubic bone, pubic crest

Origin of pubescent

1640–50; < Latin pūbēscent- (stem of pūbēscēns), present participle of pūbēscere to attain puberty, reach puberty, become hairy or downy. See pubes1, -escent

Related forms

pu·bes·cence, pu·bes·cen·cy, nounsub·pu·bes·cent, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for pubescent

pubescent

/ (pjuːˈbɛsənt) /

adjective

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

Derived Forms

pubescence, noun

Word Origin for pubescent

C17: from Latin pūbēscere to reach manhood, from pūber adult
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Medicine definitions for pubescent

pubescent

[ pyōō-bĕs′ənt ]

adj.

Reaching or having reached puberty.
Covered with fine short hairs.
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