pubescentadj.n.

Brit.

/pjʊˈbɛsnt/, U.S.

/pjuˈbɛs(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pūbēscent-, pūbēscēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin pūbēscent-, pūbēscēns, use as adjective of present participle of pūbēscere to become downy or hairy, to attain puberty, to ripen, flourish < pūbēs pubes n. + -ēscere -esce suffix; compare -escent suffix. In sense A. 2 after scientific Latin pubescens (1753 or earlier as specific epithet in botanical use, 1758 or earlier in zoological use). Compare French pubescent (1516 in Middle French in sense A. 1 in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently from 19th cent.; 1783 in sense A. 2a), Spanish pubescente (c1500 in sense A. 1, late 19th cent. in sense A. 2a), Italian pubescente (1342 in sense A. 1, 1809 in sense A. 2a), all adjectives.

A. adj.

1. Of a person: arriving or arrived at the age of puberty. Later also: relating to, or characteristic of such a person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent

adolescent1481

undergrown1601

pubescent1646

halfling1801

halflang1805

teenish1811

halfling1815

teening1818

puberala1856

puberate1880

pre-adult1899

teenage1912

teenaged1913

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 210 That women are menstruant, and men pubescent, at the year of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth.

1743 tr. J. Astruc Treat. All Dis. Incident to Women v. 41 In Girls already pubescent, the Menses break forth in very small Quantity.

1799 G. Nason Aphono & Ethina 64 From broken box or fan..pubescent maids will grief Receive.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 112 Occurring not only in pubescent but even adult males.

1890 Times 5 Aug. 8/6 In youth he had apparently suffered from pubescent insanity.

1949 E. B. Hurlock Adolescent Devel. ii. 41 It may be nearly a year after the menarche before the pubescent girl menstruates again.

1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. xxix. 176 The distant, elegant, slender, forty-year-old valetudinarian..had known and adored every pore and follicle of her pubescent body.

2002 Sunday Times of India 15 Sept. 12/1 Adam Sandler, the posterboy for pubescent silliness, reprises the role.

a. Botany. Of leaves, stems, etc.: having pubescence; covered with short soft hair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair

beardedc1450

downy1551

cottoned1578

friezed1578

maned1578

woolly1578

hairy1597

bristle-pointed1601

comous1657

fimbrious1657

tomentous1657

shagged1671

tomentose1698

crinated1724

villose1727

hispid1753

pubescent1760

setose1760

villous1766

lashed1776

silky1776

strigous1776

sericeous1777

awny1786

awned1787

strigose1793

shaggy1796

stupose1799

thready1804

feather-headed1821

setous1822

aristate1829

filamentous1835

fimbriate1836

puberulent1841

puberulous1841

sericated1848

barbate1853

strigillose1857

fimbrilliferous1866

ciliolate1870

fimbrillose1884

strigulated1899

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xiv. 37 Pubescent, downy.

1801 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 15 No. 530 The petioles are an inch and a half long, smooth, or, if examined with a lens, slightly pubescent.

1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 120 Radical leaves numerous, spathulated, ciliated, and slightly pubescent.

1906 H. J. Elwes & A. Henry Trees Great Brit. & Irel. IV. 957 Upper surface [of leaves] dark green, pubescent on the midrib & nerves.

2005 Current Opinion Plant Biol. 8 436/1 By capturing air-borne pollen, pubescent plants can sustain large populations of predatory mites.

b. Zoology. Of (part of) an animal, esp. an insect: covered with short soft hair; downy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > having fluff > downy

pubescent1828

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 347 Antennæ filiform or setaceous; body pubescent.

1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 541 The outer branch of the left leg of this pair is two-jointed, with a pubescent, rounded extremity.

1960 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 79 198 Second and third flagellar segments coarsely pubescent and nearly equal in length.

1997 Jrnl. Thermal Biol. 22 457/1 Desert bees could avoid heat overload by becoming generally less pubescent.

B. n.

A pubescent person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

frumberdlingc1000

young manOE

childc1225

hind1297

pagec1300

youtha1325

fawnc1369

swainc1386

stripling1398

boy1440

springaldc1450

jovencel1490

younkera1522

speara1529

gorrel1530

lad1535

hobbledehoy1540

cockerel1547

waga1556

spring1559

loonc1560

hensure1568

youngster1577

imp1578

pigsney1581

cocklinga1586

demy1589

muchacho1591

shaver1592

snipper-snappera1593

callant1597

spaught1598

stubble boy1598

ghillie1603

codling1612

cuba1616

skippera1616

man-boy1637

sprig1646

callow1651

halflang1660

stubbed boy1683

gossoon1684

gilpie1718

stirraha1722

young lion1792

halfling1794

pubescent1795

young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

1750 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. II. 395 Those not qualified are Infants,..Women, Pubescentes and for a few Years after Puberty, while their Juices are in a Juvenile Fret [etc.].]

1795 J. Wright Ess. Wines 38 Infants, pubescents, irritable or hectical persons ought to use this fluid [sc. wine]..much diluted.

1894 Forum (U.S.) May 301 The young pubescent often shows signs of many insanities of intellect, will, and especially feeling.

1976 J. Grady Great Pebble Affair (1977) 23 I had thought of her as an awkward skinny pubescent.

2000 Time Out 26 Jan. 106/3 Snickering about sex like desperate pubescents.

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

单词	pubescent
释义	pubescentadj.n. Brit. /pjʊˈbɛsnt/, U.S. /pjuˈbɛs(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pūbēscent-, pūbēscēns. Etymology: < classical Latin pūbēscent-, pūbēscēns, use as adjective of present participle of pūbēscere to become downy or hairy, to attain puberty, to ripen, flourish < pūbēs pubes n. + -ēscere -esce suffix; compare -escent suffix. In sense A. 2 after scientific Latin pubescens (1753 or earlier as specific epithet in botanical use, 1758 or earlier in zoological use). Compare French pubescent (1516 in Middle French in sense A. 1 in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently from 19th cent.; 1783 in sense A. 2a), Spanish pubescente (c1500 in sense A. 1, late 19th cent. in sense A. 2a), Italian pubescente (1342 in sense A. 1, 1809 in sense A. 2a), all adjectives. A. adj. 1. Of a person: arriving or arrived at the age of puberty. Later also: relating to, or characteristic of such a person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [adjective] > adolescent adolescent1481 undergrown1601 pubescent1646 halfling1801 halflang1805 teenish1811 halfling1815 teening1818 puberala1856 puberate1880 pre-adult1899 teenage1912 teenaged1913 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 210 That women are menstruant, and men pubescent, at the year of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. View more context for this quotation 1743 tr. J. Astruc Treat. All Dis. Incident to Women v. 41 In Girls already pubescent, the Menses break forth in very small Quantity. 1799 G. Nason Aphono & Ethina 64 From broken box or fan..pubescent maids will grief Receive. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 112 Occurring not only in pubescent but even adult males. 1890 Times 5 Aug. 8/6 In youth he had apparently suffered from pubescent insanity. 1949 E. B. Hurlock Adolescent Devel. ii. 41 It may be nearly a year after the menarche before the pubescent girl menstruates again. 1955 V. Nabokov Lolita II. xxix. 176 The distant, elegant, slender, forty-year-old valetudinarian..had known and adored every pore and follicle of her pubescent body. 2002 Sunday Times of India 15 Sept. 12/1 Adam Sandler, the posterboy for pubescent silliness, reprises the role. 2. a. Botany. Of leaves, stems, etc.: having pubescence; covered with short soft hair. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair beardedc1450 downy1551 cottoned1578 friezed1578 maned1578 woolly1578 hairy1597 bristle-pointed1601 comous1657 fimbrious1657 tomentous1657 shagged1671 tomentose1698 crinated1724 villose1727 hispid1753 pubescent1760 setose1760 villous1766 lashed1776 silky1776 strigous1776 sericeous1777 awny1786 awned1787 strigose1793 shaggy1796 stupose1799 thready1804 feather-headed1821 setous1822 aristate1829 filamentous1835 fimbriate1836 puberulent1841 puberulous1841 sericated1848 barbate1853 strigillose1857 fimbrilliferous1866 ciliolate1870 fimbrillose1884 strigulated1899 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xiv. 37 Pubescent, downy. 1801 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 15 No. 530 The petioles are an inch and a half long, smooth, or, if examined with a lens, slightly pubescent. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 120 Radical leaves numerous, spathulated, ciliated, and slightly pubescent. 1906 H. J. Elwes & A. Henry Trees Great Brit. & Irel. IV. 957 Upper surface [of leaves] dark green, pubescent on the midrib & nerves. 2005 Current Opinion Plant Biol. 8 436/1 By capturing air-borne pollen, pubescent plants can sustain large populations of predatory mites. b. Zoology. Of (part of) an animal, esp. an insect: covered with short soft hair; downy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > having fluff > downy pubescent1828 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 347 Antennæ filiform or setaceous; body pubescent. 1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 541 The outer branch of the left leg of this pair is two-jointed, with a pubescent, rounded extremity. 1960 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 79 198 Second and third flagellar segments coarsely pubescent and nearly equal in length. 1997 Jrnl. Thermal Biol. 22 457/1 Desert bees could avoid heat overload by becoming generally less pubescent. B. n. A pubescent person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 1750 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. II. 395 Those not qualified are Infants,..Women, Pubescentes and for a few Years after Puberty, while their Juices are in a Juvenile Fret [etc.].] 1795 J. Wright Ess. Wines 38 Infants, pubescents, irritable or hectical persons ought to use this fluid [sc. wine]..much diluted. 1894 Forum (U.S.) May 301 The young pubescent often shows signs of many insanities of intellect, will, and especially feeling. 1976 J. Grady Great Pebble Affair (1977) 23 I had thought of her as an awkward skinny pubescent. 2000 Time Out 26 Jan. 106/3 Snickering about sex like desperate pubescents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1646
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