late bloomer
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Noun
late bloomer (plural late bloomers)
- (idiomatic) A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical.
- 2003, Kathy McCoy; Charles Wibbelsman, Growing and Changing, Penguin, →ISBN, page 14:
- You can be a normal late bloomer whose progress through puberty hovers on the late side of each normal age range if: It's in your genes. That is, if one or both parents or other relatives were also late bloomers.
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- (idiomatic) A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life.
- (idiomatic) A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field significantly later in life.
- 2010 August 16, Grant Rosenberg, “Jean Reno: Putting the Fun in French Cinema”, in Time, archived from the original on January 26, 2011:
- He was a late bloomer, finding success at 40 in Luc Besson's 1988 film The Big Blue.
- 2021, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow et al (lyrics and music), “Industry Baby”, performed by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow:
- [Harlow:] I'm just a late bloomer (Mmm) / I didn't peak in high school, I'm still out here gettin' cuter (Woo)
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- (horticulture) A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.
- 1907, Indiana State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, page 613:
- One of the characteristics of the pawpaw is that it always bears [fruit], yet there is an occasional season when there is only a light crop on account of late frosts, but it generally bears some, as it is a late bloomer.
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Translations
person who reaches puberty or matures late
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person who achieves proficiency or success late
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plant that blooms late
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See also
- opsimath
References
- late bloomer at OneLook Dictionary Search