Noun: puberty
| Singular | puberty |
| Plural | puberties |
Sample Sentences
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Girls undergoing puberty show an increase in the total output of cortisol, which is related to stress, while boys show little increase. [2014, Lewis Wolpert, Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?, →ISBN:]
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As shown in Figure 14.4 of the textbook, children reach puberty at different ages in different countries; within those nations, children living in cities tend to reach puberty earlier than those living in rural areas. [2009, The Development of Children Study Guide, →ISBN, page 241:]
Nouns inflected like puberty
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English puberte, from Old French puberté, from Latin pūbertās (“the age of maturity, manhood”). See: Middle English Nouns '
puberte', Latin Nouns '
pūbertās'.
Verbs referencing "puberty"
Finnish Nouns
puberteetti.