Associations to the word «Puberty»

Wiktionary

PUBERTY, noun. The process of sexual development of children that makes them into adolescents capable of reproducing sexually (i.e., making babies through sexual intercourse), and makes them have secondary sex characteristics.
PUBERTY, noun. The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.

Dictionary definition

PUBERTY, noun. The time of life when sex glands become functional.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats