hebe-comb. form
Used as combining form of Greek ἥβη youth, also puberty, down of puberty.
1. Pubescence (in botanical terms).
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hebeˈanthous adj.
Brit. 
/ˌhiːbɪˈanθəs/
, /ˌhiːbɪˈanθəs/U.S. /ˌhibiˈænθəs/
[Greek ἄνθος flower] having the corolla of the flower pubescent (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854)./ˌhibiˈænθəs/Categories »
hebeˈcarpous adj.
Brit. /ˌhiːbᵻˈkɑːpəs/
, /ˌhiːbᵻˈkɑːpəs/U.S. /ˌhibəˈkɑrpəs/
[Greek καρπός fruit] having pubescent fruit (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854)./ˌhibəˈkɑrpəs/Categories »
hebecladous adj. /hᵻˈbɛklədəs/, /həˈbɛklədəs/ [Greek κλάδος branch] having pubescent branches (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854).
Brit. /hiːˈbɛklədəs/
, /hiːˈbɛklədəs//hᵻˈbɛklədəs/U.S. /hiˈbɛklədəs/
, /hiˈbɛklədəs//həˈbɛklədəs/Categories »
hebegynous adj. /hᵻˈbɛdʒᵻnəs/, /həˈbɛdʒənəs/ [Greek γυνή female: see -gynous comb. form] having pubescent ovaries (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854).
Brit. /hiːˈbɛdʒᵻnəs/
, /hiːˈbɛdʒᵻnəs//hᵻˈbɛdʒᵻnəs/U.S. /hiˈbɛdʒənəs/
, /hiˈbɛdʒənəs//həˈbɛdʒənəs/Categories »
hebeˈpetalous adj. /ˌhiːbᵻˈpɛtl̩əs/,
Brit. /ˌhiːbᵻˈpɛtələs/
, /ˌhiːbᵻˈpɛtələs//ˌhiːbᵻˈpɛtl̩əs/U.S. /ˌhibəˈpɛdl̩əs/
having pubescent petals (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854)./ˌhibəˈpɛdl̩əs/ 2. Puberty.
hebeˈphrenia n.
Brit. /ˌhiːbᵻˈfriːnɪə/
, /ˌhiːbᵻˈfriːnɪə/U.S. /ˌhibəˈfriniə/
[Greek ϕρήν mind] a form of insanity incident to the age of puberty ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886)./ˌhibəˈfriniə/ΘΚΠ
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hebephrenia1883
process schizophrenia1953
1883 W. A. Hammond Treat. Insanity 556 Hebephrenia..is the term applied to the insanity of pubescence.
1948 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Dec. 89 Hebephrenia is featured by silliness, incongruity, mannerisms, etc.
1956 C. P. Snow Homecomings 348 He lay on his back, his legs relaxed, like a figure on a tomb or one in a not disagreeable state of hebephrenia.
hebeˈphreniac adj. and n.
Brit. /ˌhiːbᵻˈfriːnɪak/
, /ˌhiːbᵻˈfriːnɪak/U.S. /ˌhibəˈfriniæk/
(a person) affected with hebephrenia./ˌhibəˈfriniæk/ΘΚΠ
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hebephreniac1884
process schizophrenic1961
1884 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 11 303 Imperative conceptions are relatively frequent among hebephreniacs.
1885 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 12 516 (heading) Autopsy findings in a hebephreniac.
hebeˈphrenic adj. and n.
Brit. /ˌhiːbᵻˈfrɛnɪk/
, /ˌhiːbᵻˈfrɛnɪk/U.S. /ˌhibəˈfrɛnɪk/
/ˌhibəˈfrɛnɪk/ΘΚΠ
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hebephrenic1908
sluggish1977
1908 Practitioner Jan. 12 The patient may gradually become imbecile and demented—the hebephrenic type.
1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic Method xxvi. 542 Dementia praecox (in catatonic, hebephrenic and paranoid forms).
1938 S. Beckett Murphy 168 A hebephrenic playing the piano intently.
1973 ‘E. McBain’ Let's hear It v. 59 He considered them [sc. the police] obsolete and essentially hebephrenic.
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