full-grown

English

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”).

Adjective

full-grown (not comparable)

Fully developed; adult

Usage notes

Used especially of animals.

Synonyms

big, developed, grown up; see also Thesaurus:full-grown

Derived terms

full-grownness

Translations

having reached an adult stage - referring to an animal

Bulgarian: напълно развит (napǎlno razvit)
Galician: callado (gl)
Greek:
Ancient: ἁδρός (hadrós), τέλειος m (téleios)
Latin: mātūrus, grandis
Maori: kātua
Sanskrit: प्रौढ (sa) m (prauḍha), वृद्ध (sa) (vṛddha)

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