full-grown

From Middle English *fulgrowen, fulgrowe, ful growe, equivalent to full +‎ grown. Compare Middle English fulwaxen, fullwaxen (“full-grown”), from Old English fullweaxen (“full-grown”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊlˌɡɹoʊn/

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full-grown (not comparable)

1. (of living things, especially animals) Fully developed; adult.

   Synonyms: big, developed, grown up, grown-up, grownup, grown-ass (informal); see also Thesaurus:full-grown

2. Fully developed in a broader sense; complete, at one’s height.

   Near-synonyms: full-fledged, full-blown, full-bore, full-on

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 61:

     […] And, doubtless, unto thee is given
     ⁠A life that bears immortal fruit
     ⁠In such great offices as suit
     The full-grown energies of heaven.

• full-grownness