impuberal

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UK/ɪmˈpjuːbəɹəl/

adjective

Immature; not having come to puberty.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveimpuberal (comparative more impuberal, superlative most impuberal)

comparative more impuberal · superlative most impuberal

  1. rareImmature; not having come to puberty.

    Another revelation of impuberal softness [...] was afforded by a photo of her in which she sat in the buff on the grass, combing her sun-shot hair and spreading wide, in false perspective, the lovely legs of a giantess.

    1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 41

Origin

  1. Latinimpubes
  2. Englishimpuberal

From the stem of Latin impubes, from im- + pubes (“mature age, puberty”).

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APA

impuberal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impuberal

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“impuberal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impuberal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impuberal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impuberal.

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