prepubescentadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsnt/,

/ˌpriːpjᵿˈbɛsnt/, U.S.

/ˌpripjuˈbɛs(ə)nt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, pubescent adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + pubescent adj. Compare earlier prepubertal adj. Compare post-pubescent adj., post-pubescent n.

A. adj.

Having not yet attained puberty; prepubertal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent > relating to puberty

pubertal1858

post-pubertal1886

post-pubescent1904

prepubescent1904

post-puberty1911

prepuberty1922

1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. p. x Rousseau would leave prepubescent years to nature..and allow the fundamental traits of savagery their fling till twelve.

1932 R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu ix. 276 The pre-pubescent girls of his own age have lain with boys older than he.

1994 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 15/2 Board games..in which geeky teachers' pets manipulate a bunch of cardboard armies in a prepubescent effort to recreate the great one-sided battles of the past.

2001 Spectator 17 Nov. 26/3 Tony [Blair] reading chunks of the manifesto to a class of bored prepubescent girls, one of whom put her jumper over her head in despair.

B. n.

A prepubescent person.

ΚΠ

1904 Amer. Anthropologist 6 709 Marked differences are observed between the pre-pubescents and the post-pubescents.

2004 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 June b2 Drew Barrymore was best known for the fact that she'd been addicted to god knows what as a prepubescent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prepubescent
释义	prepubescentadj.n. Brit. /ˌpriːpjuːˈbɛsnt/, /ˌpriːpjᵿˈbɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌpripjuˈbɛs(ə)nt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, pubescent adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + pubescent adj. Compare earlier prepubertal adj. Compare post-pubescent adj., post-pubescent n. A. adj. Having not yet attained puberty; prepubertal. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent > relating to puberty pubertal1858 post-pubertal1886 post-pubescent1904 prepubescent1904 post-puberty1911 prepuberty1922 1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. p. x Rousseau would leave prepubescent years to nature..and allow the fundamental traits of savagery their fling till twelve. 1932 R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu ix. 276 The pre-pubescent girls of his own age have lain with boys older than he. 1994 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 15/2 Board games..in which geeky teachers' pets manipulate a bunch of cardboard armies in a prepubescent effort to recreate the great one-sided battles of the past. 2001 Spectator 17 Nov. 26/3 Tony [Blair] reading chunks of the manifesto to a class of bored prepubescent girls, one of whom put her jumper over her head in despair. B. n. A prepubescent person. ΚΠ 1904 Amer. Anthropologist 6 709 Marked differences are observed between the pre-pubescents and the post-pubescents. 2004 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 June b2 Drew Barrymore was best known for the fact that she'd been addicted to god knows what as a prepubescent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1904
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