pubescent

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. 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
  2. adjective covered with fine soft hairs or down

Etymology

From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”).

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