impuberal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪmˈpjuːbəɹəl/ (UK)
Etymology
From the stem of Latin impubes, from im- + pubes (“mature age, puberty”).
Meanings
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(rare) Immature; not having come to puberty.
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.
1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 41:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most impuberal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more impuberal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |