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subadult

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

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A person who, or animal that, is not yet an adult.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin adolēscō Latin adultuslbor. French adultebor. English adult English subadult From sub- + adult.

more subadult (comparative) most subadult (superlative) sub-adult (alternative) subadults (plural)

What does subadult mean?: Not yet adult.
Where does subadult come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin adolēscō Latin adultuslbor. French adultebor. English adult English subadult From sub- + adult.

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