full-grown
adjUS /ˈfʊlˌɡɹoʊn/
Etymology From Middle English *fulgrowen, fulgrowe, ful growe, equivalent to full + grown. Compare Middle English fulwaxen, fullwaxen (“full-grown”), from Old English fullweaxen (“full-grown”).
1
Of living things Fully developed; adult.
Especially animals
2
Fully developed in a broader sense; complete, at one’s height.
- Near-synonyms: full-fledged, full-blown, full-bore, full-on
- […] And, doubtless, unto thee is given A life that bears immortal fruit In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 61:
- Derived terms
- full-grownness
- Hypernyms
- adultlike
- Hyponyms
- grownish