Webster's English Dictionary

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puberty

pu.ber.ty \'pyu:-b*rt-e-\ n [ME puberte, fr. L pubertas, fr. puber 
   pubescent] 1: the condition of being or the period of becoming first 
   capable of reprod ucing sexually 2: the age at which puberty occurs often 
   construed legally as 14 in boys an d 12 in girls