pubertyn.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːbəti/, U.S.

/ˈpjubərdi/

Forms: Middle English pubertee, Middle English pupberte, Middle English–1500s puberte, 1600s pubertie, 1600s– puberty.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French puberté; Latin pūbertāt-, pūbertās.

Etymology: < Middle French puberté period of life which follows childhood, adolescence (c1365, originally in legal use; the use specifically of physical changes in the body is apparently not paralleled until later (late 16th cent.)) and its etymon classical Latin pūbertāt-, pūbertās age of maturity, signs of puberty, (of plants, fruit, etc.) maturity < pūber (see puber n.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹). Compare Catalan pubertat (15th cent.), Spanish pubertad (first half of the 15th cent.), Italian pubertà (a1342).

1. The period of life during which a young person reaches sexual maturity and becomes capable of reproduction; the sequence of structural and functional changes that occur in the body during this period, including the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics (such as pubic, axillary, and (in the male) facial hair) and the onset of the secretion of sex hormones and the production of ova or sperm. Formerly also: †young adulthood, youth (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty

pubertyc1384

adolescence?a1425

adolescency?a1475

in one's teens1596

pubes1637

pubescency1658

pubescence1822

teenhood1845

hog age1848

the awkward age1895

prepubescence1908

prepuberty1922

teenagery1950

teenagedness1952

jean-age1959

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Joel i. 8 Weile thou, as a mayden gird with a sacche vpon the husbonde of hir puberte [L. pubertatis], that is, tyme of weddynge.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 69^v Þe ȝere of pupberte..is when þe neþir berd her growiþ first in þe schare.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 147^v (MED) It comeþ atuyx enfauntnez & puberte, i. springing of berde.

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 202 (MED) Of yonge folk is best electioun; In puberte thing lightlier is lerned.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iv. 23 Oure ȝong illustir princis be ane tendir pupil, ande nocht entrit in the aige of puberte.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 344 Though hee knew old age he was never acquainted with puberty, youth, or Infancy.

1685 C. Williams tr. R. Le Vayer de Boutigny Famous Romance Tarsis & Zelie ii. 49 Children,..whom they constrained to cry, by blows given them from time to time,..that those who by reason of their puberty and youth, could not weep for the death of their King, should by other means be compelled to bewail it.

1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia ii. 204 Young People, before Puberty, for the most Part have a more kindly Sort than Adults.

1770 W. Richardson Let. 1 Oct. in Anecd. Russ. Empire (1784) xxxiii. 240 They no sooner arrive at the age of puberty, than they are often compelled to marry whatsoever female their proprietor chuses.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 352 In towns, women reach puberty sooner than they do in the country.

1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 May 1120/1 This treatment is safe in myopes who have attained the age of puberty, and have not large myopic crescents.

1905 Times 18 Aug. 9/5 City life at its best was bad for children, involving..early puberty, exciting distraction..and the want of soothing influences that the country afforded.

1942 National Geographic Mag. June 769 (caption) In the dopal, or retreat, in Yap, every native virgin must live for six or eight months as she approaches puberty.

1988 V. Bramwell Woman Bk. Beauty & Health vii. 116 Apocrine glands develop at puberty; this is why children don't suffer from body odour.

2003 C. Hayward Gender Differences at Puberty 1 Puberty is not a single event, but rather a complex metamorphosis.

†2. Of a plant, esp. a tree: the state or stage of bearing flowers or fruit. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [noun] > action or stage of bearing fruit

fruitage1578

fructification1604

puberty1800

fruiting1862

fructuation1885

1800 E. Darwin Phytologia iii. xv. 375 The first bud from every seed is suceeded by a second..; each generation being more perfect then the preceding one, till they acquire a puberty, if it may be so called.

1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 454 All Trees have, I think, after they arrive at the age of puberty,..more slender shoots at the extremities of the branches.

1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 224/2 We prevent the full flow of the sap..and thus advance the age of puberty and bring on a fruit~bearing state.

Compounds

attributive. Of, relating to, or connected with the attainment of puberty.

ΚΠ

1890 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 3 254 Among the savage peoples, it is purely a puberty-rite conducted by priests with great secrecy.

1908 Athenæum 11 Apr. 444/2 Dr. Webster supposes these societies to arise on the basis of the puberty institutions.

1924 A. Lipschütz (title) The internal secretions of the sex glands: the problem of the ‘puberty gland’.

1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 32/2 Masks and helmets used in puberty rites of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

1995 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Sept. 35/2 A girl's puberty symbol is carefully detailed, as are Padlimiut hairsticks and a woman's brass headband.

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

单词	puberty
释义	pubertyn. Brit. /ˈpjuːbəti/, U.S. /ˈpjubərdi/ Forms: Middle English pubertee, Middle English pupberte, Middle English–1500s puberte, 1600s pubertie, 1600s– puberty. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French puberté; Latin pūbertāt-, pūbertās. Etymology: < Middle French puberté period of life which follows childhood, adolescence (c1365, originally in legal use; the use specifically of physical changes in the body is apparently not paralleled until later (late 16th cent.)) and its etymon classical Latin pūbertāt-, pūbertās age of maturity, signs of puberty, (of plants, fruit, etc.) maturity < pūber (see puber n.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹). Compare Catalan pubertat (15th cent.), Spanish pubertad (first half of the 15th cent.), Italian pubertà (a1342). 1. The period of life during which a young person reaches sexual maturity and becomes capable of reproduction; the sequence of structural and functional changes that occur in the body during this period, including the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics (such as pubic, axillary, and (in the male) facial hair) and the onset of the secretion of sex hormones and the production of ova or sperm. Formerly also: †young adulthood, youth (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty pubertyc1384 adolescence?a1425 adolescency?a1475 in one's teens1596 pubes1637 pubescency1658 pubescence1822 teenhood1845 hog age1848 the awkward age1895 prepubescence1908 prepuberty1922 teenagery1950 teenagedness1952 jean-age1959 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Joel i. 8 Weile thou, as a mayden gird with a sacche vpon the husbonde of hir puberte [L. pubertatis], that is, tyme of weddynge. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 69^v Þe ȝere of pupberte..is when þe neþir berd her growiþ first in þe schare. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 147^v (MED) It comeþ atuyx enfauntnez & puberte, i. springing of berde. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 202 (MED) Of yonge folk is best electioun; In puberte thing lightlier is lerned. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iv. 23 Oure ȝong illustir princis be ane tendir pupil, ande nocht entrit in the aige of puberte. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 344 Though hee knew old age he was never acquainted with puberty, youth, or Infancy. View more context for this quotation 1685 C. Williams tr. R. Le Vayer de Boutigny Famous Romance Tarsis & Zelie ii. 49 Children,..whom they constrained to cry, by blows given them from time to time,..that those who by reason of their puberty and youth, could not weep for the death of their King, should by other means be compelled to bewail it. 1730 T. Fuller Exanthematologia ii. 204 Young People, before Puberty, for the most Part have a more kindly Sort than Adults. 1770 W. Richardson Let. 1 Oct. in Anecd. Russ. Empire (1784) xxxiii. 240 They no sooner arrive at the age of puberty, than they are often compelled to marry whatsoever female their proprietor chuses. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 352 In towns, women reach puberty sooner than they do in the country. 1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 May 1120/1 This treatment is safe in myopes who have attained the age of puberty, and have not large myopic crescents. 1905 Times 18 Aug. 9/5 City life at its best was bad for children, involving..early puberty, exciting distraction..and the want of soothing influences that the country afforded. 1942 National Geographic Mag. June 769 (caption) In the dopal, or retreat, in Yap, every native virgin must live for six or eight months as she approaches puberty. 1988 V. Bramwell Woman Bk. Beauty & Health vii. 116 Apocrine glands develop at puberty; this is why children don't suffer from body odour. 2003 C. Hayward Gender Differences at Puberty 1 Puberty is not a single event, but rather a complex metamorphosis. †2. Of a plant, esp. a tree: the state or stage of bearing flowers or fruit. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > plant that bears fruit > [noun] > action or stage of bearing fruit fruitage1578 fructification1604 puberty1800 fruiting1862 fructuation1885 1800 E. Darwin Phytologia iii. xv. 375 The first bud from every seed is suceeded by a second..; each generation being more perfect then the preceding one, till they acquire a puberty, if it may be so called. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 454 All Trees have, I think, after they arrive at the age of puberty,..more slender shoots at the extremities of the branches. 1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 224/2 We prevent the full flow of the sap..and thus advance the age of puberty and bring on a fruit~bearing state. Compounds attributive. Of, relating to, or connected with the attainment of puberty. ΚΠ 1890 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 3 254 Among the savage peoples, it is purely a puberty-rite conducted by priests with great secrecy. 1908 Athenæum 11 Apr. 444/2 Dr. Webster supposes these societies to arise on the basis of the puberty institutions. 1924 A. Lipschütz (title) The internal secretions of the sex glands: the problem of the ‘puberty gland’. 1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 32/2 Masks and helmets used in puberty rites of Sierra Leone and Liberia. 1995 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Sept. 35/2 A girl's puberty symbol is carefully detailed, as are Padlimiut hairsticks and a woman's brass headband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1384
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