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postpubescent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
post-pubescent
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That occurs after puberty.

noun

A person who has completed puberty; a sexually mature person.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English pubescent English postpubescent From post- + pubescent.

Inflected Forms

postpubescents (plural)

Synonyms

grown up

Antonyms

prepubescent

Questions

What does postpubescent mean?
That occurs after puberty.
Where does postpubescent come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English pubescent English postpubescent From post- + pubescent.

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