HEBETIC

PRONUNCIATION: (hi-BET-ik)

MEANING: adjective: Relating to or happening at puberty.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek hebe (youth). Earliest documented use: 19th c. Also see hebephrenia.
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SHEBETIC - the high blood sugar sometimes seen in pregnancy

HEMETIC - makes you vomit blood

HE-BEST-IC - fixated on being first, even among equals