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Pubescent

adjective
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.
2.
Covered with fine soft hairs or down.  Synonyms: downy, puberulent, sericeous.





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"Pubescent" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Augustin's life emerge from the autobiography; and it takes on a general significance. Once for all, under a definite form, and to a certain degree classic, he has diagnosed with his subtle experience of doctor of souls the pubescent crisis in all young men of his age, in all the young Christians who are to come after him. For the story of Augustin is the story of each of us. The loss of faith always occurs when the senses first awaken. At this critical moment, ...
— Saint Augustin • Louis Bertrand


Words linked to "Pubescent" :   biology, biological science, hirsute, pubescence, haired, hairy, immature


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