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单词 post-pubescent
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post-pubescentadj.n.

Brit. /ˌpəʊs(t)pjʊˈbɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)pjuˈbɛs(ə)nt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: post- prefix, pubescent adj.
Etymology: < post- prefix + pubescent adj. Compare prepubescent adj.
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).
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adj.n.1904
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