pubescent
nounEtymology From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”).
1
A person going through puberty.
- Related terms
- puberulent
pubescent
adj/pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/
Etymology From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”).
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 […]
- The 18-year-old [Justin] Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
- Antonyms
- presexual
- Derived terms
- mid-pubescent, nonpubescent, peripubescent, postpubescent, prepubescent, pubescently, pubescent oak, subpubescent
- Related terms
- puberty, pubescence, impuberal, peripubescent, postpubescent, prepubescent, of age, teenager, estral, productive
- Hyponyms
- marriageable, nubile