Meaning of late bloomer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical.
   figuratively
2. A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life.
   figuratively
3. A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field significantly later in life.
   figuratively
4. A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.
   literally

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Examples

“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.”

“He was a late bloomer, finding success at 40 in Luc Besson's 1988 film The Big Blue.”

“[Harlow:] I'm just a late bloomer (Mmm) / I didn't peak in high school, I'm still out here gettin' cuter (Woo)”

“The great snows that come at the beginning of winter, before there is yet any snow except the perpetual high banks, are best worth while to watch. These come often before the late bloomers are gone and while the migratory birds are still in the piney woods.”

“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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