Puberty Definition

pyo͝obər-tē
noun
The stage of physical development when secondary sex characteristics develop and sexual reproduction first becomes possible: in common law, the age of puberty is generally fixed at fourteen for boys and twelve for girls.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Puberty

  • From Old French puberté, from Latin pubertas (“the age of maturity, manhood"), from pubes, puber (“grown up, of mature age, adult; of plants, downy, pubescent")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English puberte from Old French from Latin pūbertās from pūbēs pūber- adult

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Puberty Sentence Examples

  • The risks of the age of puberty are extreme.

  • There were six students around five-years-old and an older boy on the verge of puberty sitting around a beautiful blond, who was reading a book out loud.

  • At the age of puberty the lad was tattooed or scarred with gashes cut in back, shoulders, arms and chest, and the septum of the nose was pierced.

  • Werewolves age very quickly until puberty, then the process slows exponentially.

  • Jonathan had reached puberty in full rebellion, which was one of the reasons she didn't think he should have a cell phone.

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