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adj
At or just after the age of puberty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Covered with down or fine hairs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
A person going through puberty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
covered with fine soft hairs or down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: downy, puberulent, sericeous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
(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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”).
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
