Full-grownness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being full-grown; adulthood; maturity. rare, uncountable

    "But this form can be known only when the mussel is full-grown, and this full-grownness in turn, is the goal of everything the mussel does."

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"But this form can be known only when the mussel is full-grown, and this full-grownness in turn, is the goal of everything the mussel does."

Etymology

From full-grown + -ness.

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