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grown-up

  [grohn-uhp]
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–adjective
1. having reached the age of maturity.
2. characteristic of or suitable for adults: grown-up behavior; grown-up fiction.
Origin:
1625–35; adj. use of v. phrase grow up

Related forms:
grown-upness, noun
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grown⋅up

  [grohn-uhp]
–noun
a mature, fully grown person; adult.
Origin:
1805–15; n. use of v. phrase grow up
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grown·up also grown-up   (grōn'ŭp')   
n.  An adult.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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