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Adult

Adult Definition And Meaning
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 \Adult"\, 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. \Adult"\, 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.

Adult Definition And Meaning

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"

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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