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prettygoodwordpubescent (pyoo-BES-uhnt) - adj., reaching or having reached puberty.
Also a botanical sense: covered with down or fine short hair, but that's not important right now. Adopted in 1646 by Sir Thomas Browne from Latin pūbēscent-, the stem form of pūbēscēns, present participle of pūbēscere, to reach puberty, from pūbēs, adult. Note that the word puberty had already been borrowed over two centuries before.
---L.
Also a botanical sense: covered with down or fine short hair, but that's not important right now. Adopted in 1646 by Sir Thomas Browne from Latin pūbēscent-, the stem form of pūbēscēns, present participle of pūbēscere, to reach puberty, from pūbēs, adult. Note that the word puberty had already been borrowed over two centuries before.
---L.
