About The Word Adult
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Adult
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What's The Definition Of Adult?
[n] any mature animal
[n] a fully developed person from maturity onward [adj] (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" Synonyms | Synonyms for Adult: big | full-grown | fully grown | grown | grownup | grownup | mature Related Terms | Find terms related to Adult: aged | big | full-blown | full-fledged | full-grown | grown | grown up | grown-up | marriable | marriageable | mature | matured | maturescent | nubile | of age | of marriageable age | old | ripe | ripened See Also | adult body | animal | animate being | beast | brute | caregiver | case | catch | centrist | character | conservative | conservativist | creature | disarmer | eccentric | elder | ex-spouse | fauna | homebody | host | human | important person | individual | influential person | Jack of all trades | liberal | man of the world | match | middle of the roader | militarist | moderate | moderationist | mortal | old person | oldster | pacificist | pacifist | patrician | person | personage | pledgee | pledger | professional | professional person | progressive | senior | senior citizen | sobersides | somebody | someone | sophisticate | soul | stay-at-home | stoic | thoroughbred | type | unemotional person | warmonger Adult In Webster's Dictionary \A*dult"\, a. [L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to
alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See {Adolescent}, {Old}.]
Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength;
matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult
age.
\A*dult"\, n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity. Note: In the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve. |
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