单词 | post-pubescent |
释义 | post-pubescentadj.n. A. adj. Of a young person: having (esp. recently) been through puberty. Also: of or characteristic of the period in a person's life immediately following puberty. Cf. post-pubertal adj. at post- prefix 2a(b)(iv)(2). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent > relating to puberty pubertal1858 post-pubertal1886 post-pubescent1904 prepubescent1904 post-puberty1911 prepuberty1922 1904 Amer. Anthropologist 6 705 The appearance and growth of the pubic hair..is a slow process, and admits of classification into stages, as follows:... 3. Post-pubescent. Hair present, kinked and curled. 1947 Sociometry 10 122 Girls at this age [sc. 14–15] are, in the main, post-pubescent. 1975 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 9 July 11/6 Postpubescent girls should not participate against boys in heavy collision sports. 1996 R. DesHotel & D. Batali in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Script Bk. (2000) 1st Season I. 274 Cute guy. Teenager. Post-pubescent fantasies. B. n. A young person who has (recently) been through puberty. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent farrowa700 puberc1350 adolescent?1440 teen1818 teener1894 post-pubescent1904 teenager1913 tweenie1919 teeny1940 tweenager1949 jean-ager1959 skin1969 1904 Amer. Anthropologist 6 709 Marked differences are observed between the pre-pubescents and the post-pubescents. 1969 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 20 Sept. 13/3 To drill post-pubescents in the knowledge of sex is an exercise in redundancy. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 June 10/2 He disapproves of this, but says that restraining it may threaten quite different sex acts with postpubescents. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1904 |
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