† pubescencyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pubescentia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pubescentia (see pubescence n.); compare -y suffix³, -ency suffix. Compare earlier pubescence n., puberty n.

Obsolete.

= pubescence n. 1.

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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

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 134 Maturation, from crude pubescency unto perfection.

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 331 Achilles, who was in the first flower and pubescency of his Youth [Fr. la premiere et imberbe verdeur de son adolescence].

1722 D. Turner Art of Surg. I. 259 If the Distemper be not retriev'd before Pubescency, it is scarce afterwards to be expected.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	pubescency
释义	† pubescencyn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pubescentia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pubescentia (see pubescence n.); compare -y suffix³, -ency suffix. Compare earlier pubescence n., puberty n. Obsolete. = pubescence n. 1. 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 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 134 Maturation, from crude pubescency unto perfection. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxvii. 331 Achilles, who was in the first flower and pubescency of his Youth [Fr. la premiere et imberbe verdeur de son adolescence]. 1722 D. Turner Art of Surg. I. 259 If the Distemper be not retriev'd before Pubescency, it is scarce afterwards to be expected. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1658
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