hebetic

Etymology

Comes from Ancient Greek ἡβητικός (hēbētikós), equivalent to ἡβητ(ής) (hēbēt(ḗs)) (“adult”; ἡβη- (hēbē-), a variant stem of ἡβᾶν (hēbân, “to reach puberty”), itself a verbal derivative of ἥβη (hḗbē, “youth”) plus -τής (-tḗs, agent suffix)) plus ικός (ikós, “-ic”).