full-grown

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

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

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

2. 2
   adj

   (of animals) fully developed

3. 3
   adj

   Fully developed; adult.

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

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