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prepuˈbescent, a.
[pre- B. 1.]
= pre-pubertal adj. s.v. pre- B. 1.
1904G. S. Hall Adolescence I. p. x, Rousseau would leave prepubescent years to nature..and allow the fundamental traits of savagery their fling till twelve. 1932R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu ix. 276 The pre-pubescent girls of his own age have lain with boys older than he. 1965F. Sargeson Mem. Peon vi. 174 A pre-pubescent male was..demanding..that ‘you leave my mother alone’. 1978J. Hyams Pool v. 61 This prepubescent midget has put me on the defensive.
Hence prepuˈbescence = prepuberty.
1916Arch. Internal Med. XVII. 887 We may consider boys in the period of prepubescence as individuals of adult form but of small size, growing rapidly, and as yet scarcely influenced by the internal secretions of the sex glands. 1950Psychiatric Q. XXIV. 495 It would appear that any study of attitudes towards death during pre⁓pubescence or adult life, would throw further light on the psychodynamics of human behavior. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Sept. 13/1 During Baum's prepubescence the Civil War took place. |