pubescencen.

Brit.

/pjʊˈbɛsns/, U.S.

/pjuˈbɛs(ə)ns/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pubescence; Latin pubescentia.

Etymology: < Middle French pubescence (French pubescence ) age of puberty (late 14th cent.), fact or condition of arriving or having arrived at puberty (second half of the 15th cent.; sense 2 is apparently not paralleled until later: 1799) or its etymon post-classical Latin pubescentia (1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin pūbēscent- , pūbēscēns pubescent adj. + -ia -ia suffix¹: see -ence suffix. Compare Spanish pubescencia puberty (late 16th cent.). Compare earlier puberty n.

1. Puberty; the fact or condition of arriving or having arrived at puberty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty > fact of arriving at

pubescence?a1425

the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty

pubertyc1384

adolescence?a1425

adolescency?a1475

in one's teens1596

pubes1637

pubescency1658

pubescence1822

teenhood1845

hog age1848

the awkward age1895

prepubescence1908

prepuberty1922

teenagery1950

teenagedness1952

jean-age1959

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 142 Who so euer ar þin, þat is, gibbose, & ar made of couȝhing & asmate, þai perish afore þe pubescence [?c1425 Paris growynge of berde; L. pubescentiam], i. springing out of berde, seiþ grece translacioun, not ȝouth, as seiþ arabic.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 216 Solon divided it into ten Septenaries, because in every one thereof a man received some sensible mutation, in the first is Dedentition or falling of teeth: in the second Pubescence .

1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Pubescence,..the state of arriving at puberty.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 120 Young men when entering upon, or emerging from pubescence.

1894 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening News 15 Dec. 8/5 What society is most interested in assuming..is a pure true womanhood; and this is aided by ignorance of salacious and unclean things during the period of pubescence.

1915 School Rev. 23 311 It is recognized that the time of onset of pubescence differs for boys and girls..and that the duration of the process of change varies.

1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. v. 28 The bud-stage of breast development appears early (10.7 years) in the sequence of somatic changes accompanying pubescence.

1991 D. Cohen Circle of Life ii. 93 At pubescence, a Kau girl receives an initial set of scarification welts from her navel to her breasts.

2. Botany. A covering of short soft hairs on the leaves, stem, etc., of a plant; the quality or condition of being pubescent or downy.

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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > downy covering

downa1382

woolc1400

cotton1551

frieze1640

dowl1661

tomentum1693

pubescence1760

pubes1772

shag1774

indumentum1847

shaggy hairs1884

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xviii. 206 Pubescence..is an Armature, by which Plants are defended from external Injuries.

1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) 169 The leaves..of a pale or light green colour, covered with a pubescence or short fine down.

1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 37 The lower leaves..invested beneath with a villous pubescence.

1880 T. R. A. Briggs Flora of Plymouth 379 B[romus] secalinus..b. velutinus, Sm...Seems only a slight variety: I have relied on the pubescence of the spikelets for distinguishing it.

1910 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 7 Aug. a9/3 The water had massed the tiny pubescence of the blooms till pink had deepened into red and autumn had seemed to come for the sumacs in a night.

1963 Science 8 Mar. 879/1 By variations in the colour, shape, pubescence, and scent of various parts of the flowers, speciation in the plants may accompany adaptation to the different species of visitor.

1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 256 Leaf pubescence isolates the leaves from the low air temperatures so that they are easily warmed by incident radiation.

3. Zoology. The soft down which occurs on certain parts of various animals, esp. insects.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > hair > down

pubescence1826

tomentum1853

pubes1909

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > soft fur > down which occurs on certain parts

pubes1826

pubescence1826

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xliv. 203 In this disease when the animal [sc. a flesh-fly] is dead..its almost invisible pubescence grows into long hairs.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxx. 261 The downy pubescence of the ears.

1912 E. D. Sanderson Insect Pests 306 The abdomen..is coated with whitish pubescence and marked by two black spots.

1995 P. J. Hayward et al. in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe viii. 454/2 Velvet fiddler or devil crab... Blue, obscured by brown pubescence, red prominences.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pubescence
释义	pubescencen. Brit. /pjʊˈbɛsns/, U.S. /pjuˈbɛs(ə)ns/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pubescence; Latin pubescentia. Etymology: < Middle French pubescence (French pubescence ) age of puberty (late 14th cent.), fact or condition of arriving or having arrived at puberty (second half of the 15th cent.; sense 2 is apparently not paralleled until later: 1799) or its etymon post-classical Latin pubescentia (1363 in Chauliac) < classical Latin pūbēscent- , pūbēscēns pubescent adj. + -ia -ia suffix¹: see -ence suffix. Compare Spanish pubescencia puberty (late 16th cent.). Compare earlier puberty n. 1. Puberty; the fact or condition of arriving or having arrived at puberty. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty > fact of arriving at pubescence?a1425 the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent > adolescence or puberty pubertyc1384 adolescence?a1425 adolescency?a1475 in one's teens1596 pubes1637 pubescency1658 pubescence1822 teenhood1845 hog age1848 the awkward age1895 prepubescence1908 prepuberty1922 teenagery1950 teenagedness1952 jean-age1959 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 142 Who so euer ar þin, þat is, gibbose, & ar made of couȝhing & asmate, þai perish afore þe pubescence [?c1425 Paris growynge of berde; L. pubescentiam], i. springing out of berde, seiþ grece translacioun, not ȝouth, as seiþ arabic. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 216 Solon divided it into ten Septenaries, because in every one thereof a man received some sensible mutation, in the first is Dedentition or falling of teeth: in the second Pubescence . View more context for this quotation 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Pubescence,..the state of arriving at puberty. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 120 Young men when entering upon, or emerging from pubescence. 1894 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening News 15 Dec. 8/5 What society is most interested in assuming..is a pure true womanhood; and this is aided by ignorance of salacious and unclean things during the period of pubescence. 1915 School Rev. 23 311 It is recognized that the time of onset of pubescence differs for boys and girls..and that the duration of the process of change varies. 1955 V. Nabokov Lolita I. v. 28 The bud-stage of breast development appears early (10.7 years) in the sequence of somatic changes accompanying pubescence. 1991 D. Cohen Circle of Life ii. 93 At pubescence, a Kau girl receives an initial set of scarification welts from her navel to her breasts. 2. Botany. A covering of short soft hairs on the leaves, stem, etc., of a plant; the quality or condition of being pubescent or downy. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > downy covering downa1382 woolc1400 cotton1551 frieze1640 dowl1661 tomentum1693 pubescence1760 pubes1772 shag1774 indumentum1847 shaggy hairs1884 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xviii. 206 Pubescence..is an Armature, by which Plants are defended from external Injuries. 1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) 169 The leaves..of a pale or light green colour, covered with a pubescence or short fine down. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 37 The lower leaves..invested beneath with a villous pubescence. 1880 T. R. A. Briggs Flora of Plymouth 379 B[romus] secalinus..b. velutinus, Sm...Seems only a slight variety: I have relied on the pubescence of the spikelets for distinguishing it. 1910 Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 7 Aug. a9/3 The water had massed the tiny pubescence of the blooms till pink had deepened into red and autumn had seemed to come for the sumacs in a night. 1963 Science 8 Mar. 879/1 By variations in the colour, shape, pubescence, and scent of various parts of the flowers, speciation in the plants may accompany adaptation to the different species of visitor. 1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 256 Leaf pubescence isolates the leaves from the low air temperatures so that they are easily warmed by incident radiation. 3. Zoology. The soft down which occurs on certain parts of various animals, esp. insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > hair > down pubescence1826 tomentum1853 pubes1909 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > soft fur > down which occurs on certain parts pubes1826 pubescence1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xliv. 203 In this disease when the animal [sc. a flesh-fly] is dead..its almost invisible pubescence grows into long hairs. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxx. 261 The downy pubescence of the ears. 1912 E. D. Sanderson Insect Pests 306 The abdomen..is coated with whitish pubescence and marked by two black spots. 1995 P. J. Hayward et al. in P. J. Hayward & J. S. Ryland Handbk. Marine Fauna N.W. Europe viii. 454/2 Velvet fiddler or devil crab... Blue, obscured by brown pubescence, red prominences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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