full-grownadj.

Brit.

/ˌfʊlˈɡrəʊn/, U.S.

/ˌfʊlˈɡroʊn/

Forms: see full adj., n.², and adv. and grown adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: full adv., grown adj.

Etymology: < full adv. + grown adj. Compare earlier full-waxen adj. at full adj., n.², and adv. Compounds 2a(b).

Fully grown; having attained full size or maturity. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > adult > [adjective]

mucha1154

of (formerly also at, to) agec1300

perfect agec1384

full-growna1393

ripea1393

greatc1515

adult1531

maturate1556

mellowed1575

mellow1592

full-aged1596

mature1609

timed1611

grown-upa1640

adulted1645

grown1645

upgrown1667

matured1805

coming of age1858

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > maturation or mature

perfecta1387

full-growna1393

mature1801

fully-grown1810

developmental1830

prematuration1914

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2818 (MED) A tree fulgrowe he syh theroute.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 129 (MED) Whanne ȝoure hauntelere-dere where all ytakyn, Was non of þe rasskayle aredy full growe.

?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes lxxxix. sig. t.iv^v/2 It is a fisshe of ix. fote longe whan he is ful growen.

1539 R. Taverner Garden of Wysdom sig. A.vi^v The yssue born of full growen parentes, & which be of perfyte age.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 456 Innumerous living Creatures..Limb'd and full grown .

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 32 Wickedness presented it self full grown.

1769 W. Hunter in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 43 The same view of the same bone in a full-grown Elephant.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) x. 374 Four springs pour their almost full-grown rivers through the plain.

1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) iii. 52 In a state of nature almost every full-grown plant annually produces seed.

1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies i. 89 The full-grown caterpillar is brown, with..longitudinal rows of branched spines placed somewhat far apart.

1977 R. Coover Public Burning 299 Well, he was a full-grown man by then, but you wouldn't know it, he was the same old irrepressible Ike.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Apr. d2/4 The slightly bitter pungency and parsley-like aroma of full-grown celery.

Derivatives

ˌfull-ˈgrowner n. colloquial rare a full-grown person or animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > adult > [noun]

major1615

adult1655

grown-up1799

full-growner1867

1867 P. Fitzgerald 75 Brooke St. III. 251 A full growner: no ‘Miss’ at all in the case.

1943 Milk Plant Monthly Aug. 32/2 Wages [for high school girls] are somewhat lower than ‘full growners’ would receive.

2015 byufan.net 9 Oct. (O.E.D. Archive) Was your sense that it [sc. a raccoon] was a baby or a full-growner?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	full-grown
释义	full-grownadj. Brit. /ˌfʊlˈɡrəʊn/, U.S. /ˌfʊlˈɡroʊn/ Forms: see full adj., n.², and adv. and grown adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: full adv., grown adj. Etymology: < full adv. + grown adj. Compare earlier full-waxen adj. at full adj., n.², and adv. Compounds 2a(b). Fully grown; having attained full size or maturity. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] mucha1154 of (formerly also at, to) agec1300 perfect agec1384 full-growna1393 ripea1393 greatc1515 adult1531 maturate1556 mellowed1575 mellow1592 full-aged1596 mature1609 timed1611 grown-upa1640 adulted1645 grown1645 upgrown1667 matured1805 coming of age1858 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > maturation or mature perfecta1387 full-growna1393 mature1801 fully-grown1810 developmental1830 prematuration1914 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2818 (MED) A tree fulgrowe he syh theroute. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) ii. l. 129 (MED) Whanne ȝoure hauntelere-dere where all ytakyn, Was non of þe rasskayle aredy full growe. ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes lxxxix. sig. t.iv^v/2 It is a fisshe of ix. fote longe whan he is ful growen. 1539 R. Taverner Garden of Wysdom sig. A.vi^v The yssue born of full growen parentes, & which be of perfyte age. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 456 Innumerous living Creatures..Limb'd and full grown . View more context for this quotation 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 32 Wickedness presented it self full grown. 1769 W. Hunter in Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 43 The same view of the same bone in a full-grown Elephant. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) x. 374 Four springs pour their almost full-grown rivers through the plain. 1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) iii. 52 In a state of nature almost every full-grown plant annually produces seed. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies i. 89 The full-grown caterpillar is brown, with..longitudinal rows of branched spines placed somewhat far apart. 1977 R. Coover Public Burning 299 Well, he was a full-grown man by then, but you wouldn't know it, he was the same old irrepressible Ike. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Apr. d2/4 The slightly bitter pungency and parsley-like aroma of full-grown celery. Derivatives ˌfull-ˈgrowner n. colloquial rare a full-grown person or animal. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [noun] major1615 adult1655 grown-up1799 full-growner1867 1867 P. Fitzgerald 75 Brooke St. III. 251 A full growner: no ‘Miss’ at all in the case. 1943 Milk Plant Monthly Aug. 32/2 Wages [for high school girls] are somewhat lower than ‘full growners’ would receive. 2015 byufan.net 9 Oct. (O.E.D. Archive) Was your sense that it [sc. a raccoon] was a baby or a full-growner? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1393
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