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pubescency

pubescency is the archaic form of pubescence.

Meaning of pubescence

Noun

pubescence (countable and uncountable, plural pubescences)

  1. The state of being in or reaching puberty.
  2. A covering of fine, soft hairs.

Questions about pubescency

What is pubescency the archaic form of?
Pubescency is the archaic form of pubescence.

Words near pubescency in the dictionary

  1. puberulous
  2. puberulously
  3. pubes
  4. pubescence
  5. pubescences
  6. pubescency
  7. pubescenin
  8. pubescent
  9. pubescent oak
  10. pubescently
  11. pubescents

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pubescency (page history and authors); pubescence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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