puberty

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Old French puberte < Latin pubertas (“‘the age of maturity, manhood’”) < pubes, puber (“‘grown up, of mature age, adult; of plants, downy, pubescent’”)

[edit] Noun

puberty (uncountable)

1. the age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction

[edit] Related terms

• postpubescent
• peripubescent
• prepubescent
• puberulent
• pubescent
• pubes
• pubis
• pubic

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• puberty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• puberty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911