pubescent
[pyoo-bes-uh nt]
- arriving or arrived at puberty.
- Botany, Zoology. covered with down or fine short hair.
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Origin of pubescent
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Related Words for pubescent
youthful, new, budding, inexperienced, adolescent, enthusiastic, underage, young, girlish, boyish, childlike, childish, incipient, promising, growing, fledgling, burgeoning, nascent, teen, productiveExamples from the Web for pubescent
Historical Examples of pubescent
Pubescent, when the antenn are clothed with uniform short hairs.
New Zealand Moths and ButterfliesG. V. Hudson
Pubescent: downy: clothed with soft, short, fine, closely set hair.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
pubescent
- arriving or having arrived at puberty
- (of certain plants and animals or their parts) covered with a layer of fine short hairs or down
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Word Origin for pubescent
C17: from Latin pūbēscere to reach manhood, from pūber adult
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Word Origin and History for pubescent
1610s, a back-formation from pubescence, or else from French pubescent (early 16c.) or directly from Latin pubescentem (nominative pubescens), present participle of pubescere "to reach puberty" (see pubescence).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
pubescent
(pyōō-bĕs′ənt)- Reaching or having reached puberty.
- Covered with fine short hairs.
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