Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impuberal

/ɪmˈpjuːbəɹəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-pu-ber-al
IPA: /ɪmˈpjuːbəɹəl/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Immature; not having come to puberty.

Example Sentences

"Another revelation of impuberal softness [...] was afforded by a photo of her in which she sat in the buff on the grass, combing her sun-shot hair and spreading wide, in false perspective, the lovely legs of a giantess."

Etymology

From the stem of Latin impubes, from im- + pubes (“mature age, puberty”).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɪmˈpjuːbəɹəl/

Inflected Forms

more impuberal (comparative) most impuberal (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce impuberal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪmˈpjuːbəɹəl/.
What does impuberal mean?: Immature; not having come to puberty.
Where does impuberal come from?: From the stem of Latin impubes, from im- + pubes (“mature age, puberty”).

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