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puberulent

puberulent adjective: covered in soft, downy hairs.

Adjective

puberulent (comparative more puberulent, superlative most puberulent)

  1. Covered in soft, downy hairs.

Forms of puberulent

comparativemore puberulent
superlativemost puberulent

Origin of puberulent

From the Latin puberulentus, see puber (“downy, adult”), -ulentus (“abounding in”).

Words formed from puberulent

Questions about puberulent

What does puberulent mean?
Puberulent means covered in soft, downy hairs.
What part of speech is puberulent?
Puberulent is an adjective.

Words near puberulent in the dictionary

  1. pubertymaxx
  2. pubertymaxxed
  3. pubertymaxxes
  4. pubertymaxxing
  5. puberulence
  6. puberulent
  7. puberulently
  8. puberulous
  9. puberulously
  10. pubes
  11. pubescence

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