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adjective
1.
having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
2.
of, pertaining to, or befitting adults.
3.
intended for adults; not suitable for children: adult entertainment.
noun
4.
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
5.
a full-grown animal or plant.
6.
a person who has attained the age of maturity as specified by law.
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Adults
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Origin:
1525–35; 1925–30 for def. 3; < Latin adultus grown (past participle of adolēre to make grow), equivalent to ad- ad- + ul- (identical with base al- in aliment, ol- in prolific) + -tus past participle suffix
1525–35; 1925–30 for def. 3; < Latin adultus grown (past participle of adolēre to make grow), equivalent to ad- ad- + ul- (identical with base al- in aliment, ol- in prolific) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
a·dult·hood, noun
a·dult·like, adjective
a·dult·ly, adverb
a·dult·ness, noun
non·a·dult, adjective, noun
EXPANDqua·si-a·dult, adjective
sub·a·dult, adjective, noun
sub·a·dult·ness, noun
un·a·dult, adjective
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adult
1530s (but not common until mid-17c.), from L. adultus "grown up," pp. of adolescere "grow up, mature" (see adolescent). As a euphemism for "pornographic," it dates to 1958 and does no honor to the word. The noun meaning "adult person" is from 1650s.
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adult a·dult (ə-dŭlt', ād'ŭlt)
n.
One who has attained maturity or legal age.
A fully grown, mature organism.
Fully developed and mature.
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