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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to an ephebe, or to the ancient Greek system of public instruction of young men to fit them for the duties and privileges of citizenship.
  • Of or pertaining to the adult stage of individual development or ontogeny, as contrasted with the adolescent and the senile stages.

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  • adjective youthful
  • adjective medicine pubescent, adolescent

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