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adult
 
SYLLABICATION:a·dult
PRONUNCIATION:  -dlt, dlt
NOUN:1. One who has attained maturity or legal age. 2. Biology A fully grown, mature organism.
ADJECTIVE:1. Fully developed and mature. 2. Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults: adult education. 3. Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic: adult movies; adult bookstores.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin adultus, past participle of adolscere, to grow up. See adolescent.
OTHER FORMS:a·dulthood —NOUN
a·dultness —NOUN
 
 
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