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Definition of pubescent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pubescent

adjective

/pjuːˈbesnt/

/pjuːˈbesnt/

[usually before noun] (formal)

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in the period of a person’s life when they are changing physically from a child to an adultTopics Life stagesc2
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin pubescent- ‘reaching puberty’, from the verb pubescere.

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