Adult

//ˈæd.ʌlt// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fully grown.

    "an adult human, animal, or plant"

  2. 2
    Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.

    "adult clothes; adult cereal; an adult documentary"

  3. 3
    Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.; Containing situations or discussions intended primarily for adults, such as serious crime, illicit drug use, extramarital affairs, etc.

    "adult situations; adult discussions"

  4. 4
    Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.; Containing alcohol, intended for consumption only by adults.

    "an adult drink; an adult root beer float"

  5. 5
    Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.; Containing marijuana, intended for consumption only by adults. usually

    "an adult cookie; adult gummy worms"

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  1. 6
    Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.; Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; pornographic.

    "an adult movie"

  2. 7
    Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.; Containing excessive vulgar or profane speech, text or images, intended only for adults.

    "adult language; an adult cartoon"

  3. 8
    Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children due to size, maturity, knowledge level, judgement, etc.; Intended for, or restricted to, those who are not young children.

    "an adult menu; an adult fare"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of animals) fully developed wordnet
  2. 2
    designed to arouse lust wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    any mature animal wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
  4. 4
    a fully developed person from maturity onward wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To behave like an adult. intransitive, slang

    "Adulting is hard!"

  2. 2
    To (cause to) be or become an adult. nonstandard, rare

    "Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted"; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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