Puberty

Origin

From Old French puberté, from Latin pubertas ("the age of maturity, manhood"), from pubes, puber ("grown up, of mature age, adult; of plants, downy, pubescent")

Full definition of puberty

Noun

1. The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.

Related terms

• postpubescent
• peripubescent
• prepubescent
• puberulent
• pubescent
• pubes
• pubis
• pubic