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full-grownness en · NOUN

Etymology

From full-grown + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being full-grown; adulthood; maturity.
    • But this form can be known only when the mussel is full-grown, and this full-grownness in turn, is the goal of everything the mussel does. 1976, John R. Meyer, Reflections on Values Education, page 10: