different between frizzy vs pubescent

English

Etymology

frizz +? -y

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?z'i, IPA^(key): /?f??zi/
• Rhymes: -?zi

Adjective

frizzy (comparative frizzier, superlative frizziest)

1. Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions.

   The wet weather made her hair frizzy and untidy.

Translations

Noun

frizzy (plural frizzies)

1. A small amount of unkempt, curly hair

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