adulthoodn.

Brit.

/ˈadʌlthʊd/,

/əˈdʌlthʊd/, U.S.

/əˈdəltˌ(h)ʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adult n., -hood suffix.

Etymology: < adult n. + -hood suffix, probably after childhood n. Compare earlier adultness n., adultage n.

The condition or state of being adult, or an adult.rare before 20th cent. Cf. earlier adultness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > adulthood or maturity

full eldOE

agec1275

douthc1275

full agec1390

maturitya1475

years?1532

just age1541

just years1541

consistencea1613

grown years1645

legal age1658

adultness1663

adultagea1670

muttonhood1841

adulthood1850

1850 Veterinarian 23 48 At five years old the horse arrives at adult-hood.

1875 J. Brookes Manliness ii. 10 We know of no lovelier trait in childhood or adulthood than openness of character.

1939 W. Haymaker tr. R. Bing Textbk. Nerv. Dis. 229 The Marie type of hereditary ataxia is about as unusual in childhood as the Friedreich type is in adulthood.

1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes x. 193 Tokens of adulthood—large houses,..season tickets to the symphony.

1992 Nat. World Autumn 23/3 The wings appear as small buds in the nymphs,..becoming functional as wings only in adulthood.

2006 Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 31/5 A sympathetic portrait of a young man trapped between..teenagerdom and adulthood, innocence and experience.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adulthood
释义	adulthoodn. Brit. /ˈadʌlthʊd/, /əˈdʌlthʊd/, U.S. /əˈdəltˌ(h)ʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adult n., -hood suffix. Etymology: < adult n. + -hood suffix, probably after childhood n. Compare earlier adultness n., adultage n. The condition or state of being adult, or an adult.rare before 20th cent. Cf. earlier adultness n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > adulthood or maturity full eldOE agec1275 douthc1275 full agec1390 maturitya1475 years?1532 just age1541 just years1541 consistencea1613 grown years1645 legal age1658 adultness1663 adultagea1670 muttonhood1841 adulthood1850 1850 Veterinarian 23 48 At five years old the horse arrives at adult-hood. 1875 J. Brookes Manliness ii. 10 We know of no lovelier trait in childhood or adulthood than openness of character. 1939 W. Haymaker tr. R. Bing Textbk. Nerv. Dis. 229 The Marie type of hereditary ataxia is about as unusual in childhood as the Friedreich type is in adulthood. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes x. 193 Tokens of adulthood—large houses,..season tickets to the symphony. 1992 Nat. World Autumn 23/3 The wings appear as small buds in the nymphs,..becoming functional as wings only in adulthood. 2006 Daily Tel. 8 Sept. 31/5 A sympathetic portrait of a young man trapped between..teenagerdom and adulthood, innocence and experience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1850
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