full-grown en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfʊlˌɡɹoʊn/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle English *fulgrowen, fulgrowe, ful growe, equivalent to full + grown. Compare Middle English fulwaxen, fullwaxen (“full-grown”), from Old English fullweaxen (“full-grown”).
Meanings
- (not-comparable, of living things, qualifier:especially animals) Fully developed; adult.
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(not-comparable) Fully developed in a broader sense; complete, at one’s height.
Near-synonyms: full-fledged, full-blown, full-bore, full-on
[…] And, doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 61:
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grown up · grownup · grown up · big · adult · developed · grownup · developed · full-on · full-blown · grown-ass · mature · full-bore · big · grown-up · full-grown · full-fledged · grown · grown-ass
Translations (9)
gl callado (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal) · sa प्रौढ (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal) · grc ἁδρός (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal) · mi kātua (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal) · la mātūrus (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal) · la grandis (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal) · sa वृद्ध (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal) · grc τέλειος (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal) · bg напълно развит (having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal)