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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



... age 13-10; mental age 7-6; I Q approximately 55. Home excellent. Is pubescent. Because of age and maturity has been promoted to the third grade, though he can hardly do the work of the second. Has attended school more than six years. Will probably never develop much if any beyond 8 years, and will never ...
— The Measurement of Intelligence • Lewis Madison Terman


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