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1. puberty
noun. ['ˈpjuːbɝti'] the time of life when sex glands become functional.
Synonyms
Etymology
- puberte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- pubertas (Latin)
Rhymes with Puberty
- antipoverty
- antipoverty
- cafferty
- cloherty
- clougherty
- daugherty
- docherty
- doherty
- doherty
- dougherty
- dougherty
- entirety
- faherty
- finerty
- finnerty
- fluharty
- fogerty
- hagerty
- haggerty
- halferty
Sentences with puberty
1. Noun, singular or mass
The Apache believe that women become more powerful at the onset of puberty.
2. Adjective
One of the usual suspects is puberty**.
Quotes about puberty
1. Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the 'creative bug' is just a wee voice telling you, 'I'd like my crayons back, please.
- Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
2. Prison for the crime of puberty -- that was how secondary school had seemed.
- David Brin, Earth
