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adult

noun
/ˈæd.ʌlt/UK/əˈdʌlt//əˈdʌɫt/CA

Etymology

From French adulte, from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“to grow up”). Compare adolescent.

  1. derived from adultus
  2. borrowed from adulte

Definitions

  1. An animal that is full-grown.

    • The young not only differs from the adult by the presence of its gills, but its feet are only developed by degrees, and in several genera there are also a deciduous beak and tail, and intestines of a different form

  2. A person who has reached the legal age of majority.

  3. Fully grown.

    • an adult human, animal, or plant
    • The paws of the adult brown bear, and also their hams, especially when smoked, are considered a great delicacy.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity,…

      Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.

      • adult clothes; adult cereal; an adult documentary
      • In May 1967 the WGBH Education Division submitted an initial proposal to HUD for a series of four adult television documentaries on conservation in an urban environment.

    2. To behave like an adult.

      • Adulting is hard!

    3. To (cause to) be or become an adult.

      • Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted"; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five, […]
      • The process of adulting children[…] overlaps with the process of the uncontrolled infiltration of the media[…] into children’s imagination.

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Derived

adult actress, adult album alternative, adult alternative, adult baby, adult baby syndrome, adult beverage, adult bookstore, adultcentrism, adult child, adult contemporary, adult content, adult education, adultescent, adult film, adulticide, adultification, adultify, adultish, adultism, adultivity, adultization, adultize, adult language, adult learner, adultlike, adultly, adult movie, adultness, adultocentric, adultoid, adult-onset diabetes, adultophile, adult-oriented rock, adult protection, adult relations, adult respiratory distress syndrome, adultship, adult shop, adultspeak, adult star · +19 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at adult. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01adult02age03months04month05alternation06response07responding08respond09suit10woman

A definitional loop anchored at adult. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at adult

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA