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pubescence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | puberty |
| Type of | time of life |
| Derivation | pubescent |
Examples of pubescence
pubescence
During his rookie season, a 20-year-old Berglund showed both his promise and his pubescence.
From the stltoday.com
Here she is alone, glorious in her golden pubescence.
From the sacbee.com
With all due respect, the definition of pubescence does not definitively mean sexual maturity has been achieved.
From the guardian.co.uk
In an age of concern for a child's innocence, Pera might have underlined the corruptive nature of a man's lust for a girl on the cusp of pubescence.
From the time.com
When Milly-Molly-Mandy hit pubescence, was she still content with village fetes, mustard and cress competitions, and baking potatoes on Bonfire Night?
From the guardian.co.uk
Harrison hopes to become a successful freelancer, and his 25-year-old wife hopes to rise above her reputation as screendom's synonym for overheated pubescence.
From the time.com
When he became the youngest grand prix winner in 2008, and the youngest world champion in 2010, it seemed as though he still had unfinished business with his pubescence.
From the guardian.co.uk
We all know that the Prince of Wales was madly in love with Wallis, but until Sebba's revelations about his permanent condition of mental and physical pubescence, I didn't know the half of it.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Puberty: the time of life when sex glands become functional
- (pubescent) (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"
- (pubescent) downy: covered with fine soft hairs or down; "downy milkweed seeds"
- Puberty is the process of physical changes by which a child's body becomes an adult body capable of reproduction. Puberty is initiated by hormone signals from the brain to the gonads (the ovaries and testes). ...
- The state of being in or reaching puberty; A covering of fine, soft hairs
- (pubescent) arriving or arrived at puberty; covered with down or fine hair
- (pubescent) bearing hairs or trichomes of any type
- (PUBESCENT) Hairy. Pubescence affects ease of wetting of foliage and also retention of spray on foliage.
- (Pubescent) (pew-BESS-sent) -- A general term referring to hairs on plants.
