different between downy vs pubescent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?ni/
• Rhymes: -a?ni
• Homophone: Downie

Etymology

From down +? -y.

Adjective

downy (comparative downier, superlative downiest)

1. Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

2. Sharp-witted, perceptive.
   • 1947, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Speech in UK House of Commons, 10th November 1947:

3. (Britain, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth.

Translations

Noun

downy (plural downies)

1. A blanket filled with down; a duvet.

English

Etymology

From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”)

Adjective

pubescent (comparative more pubescent, superlative most pubescent)

1. At or just after the age of puberty.
   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi

     […] the pubescent male brain isn't noted for its consistent engagement with reality{ {...}}
2. (botany, zoology) Covered with down or fine hairs.

Derived terms

• mid-pubescent
• peripubescent
• postpubescent
• prepubescent

Related terms

• puberty, pubescence

Translations

Noun

pubescent (plural pubescents)

1. An individual who is going through puberty.

Synonyms

• postpubescent
• See Thesaurus:preteen

Translations

See also

• puberulent

Latin

Verb

p?b?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of p?b?sc?

Romanian

Etymology

From French pubescent

Adjective

pubescent m or n (feminine singular pubescent?, masculine plural pubescen?i, feminine and neuter plural pubescente)

1. pubescent

Declension