What does pubescent mean?
Definitions for pubescent
pyuˈbɛs əntpubescent
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Princeton's WordNet
pubescentadjective
(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
"the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy"
downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeousadjective
covered with fine soft hairs or down
"downy milkweed seeds"
Wiktionary
pubescentadjective
arriving or arrived at puberty
pubescentadjective
covered with down or fine hair
Etymology: From pubescens
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pubescentadjective
Arriving at puberty.
Etymology: from pubescens, Lat.
That the women are menstruent, and the men pubescent at the year of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. Brown.
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pubescent
Pubescent generally refers to the period in which a person is reaching sexual maturity and undergoing physical changes due to puberty. It can also refer to an object, especially a plant, being covered with short soft hairs or down.
Webster Dictionary
Pubescentadjective
arrived at puberty
Pubescentadjective
covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants
Etymology: [L. pubescens, -entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.]
Entomology
Pubescent
downy: clothed with soft, short, fine, closely set hair.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pubescent in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pubescent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- pubescent, púberCatalan, Valencian
- geschlechtsreifGerman
- έφηβος, χνουδωτόςGreek
- pubescenteSpanish
- pubèreFrench
- pubescente, púbereGalician
- pubescente, púberePortuguese
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