Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prepubescently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-pubescent-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

During the period of life before the age a person is first capable of sexual reproduction; before puberty.

Etymology

Etymology tree English prepubescent Middle English -ly English -ly English prepubescently From prepubescent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more prepubescently (comparative) most prepubescently (superlative)

Questions

What does prepubescently mean?
During the period of life before the age a person is first capable of sexual reproduction; before puberty.
Where does prepubescently come from?
Etymology tree English prepubescent Middle English -ly English -ly English prepubescently From prepubescent + -ly.

How to pronounce prepubescently

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