Pronunciations
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/pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/
Adjective
At or just after the age of puberty.
- Examples
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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 […]
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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.
Covered with down or fine hairs.
Noun
A person going through puberty.
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Adjective
(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
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the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy
covered with fine soft hairs or down
- Synonyms
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downy milkweed seeds