Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pubescent \Pu*bes"cent\ (p[-u]"b[e^]s"sent), a. [L. pubescens,
-entis, p. pr. of pubescere to reach puberty, to grow hairy
or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. pubescent.]
1. Arrived recently at puberty.
[1913 Webster]
That . . . the men (are) pubescent at the age of
twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. --Sir T.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]
2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain
insects, and the leaves of some plants.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pubescent
adj 1: (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"
2: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
[syn: {downy}, {pubescent}, {puberulent}, {sericeous}]
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