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English Dictionary: adult	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for adult
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adult adj (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" Synonym(s): adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup designed to arouse lust; "pornographic films and magazines"; "adult movies" Synonym(s): pornographic, adult n a fully developed person from maturity onward [syn: adult, grownup] Antonym(s): juvenile, juvenile person any mature animal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adult \Adult"\, a. [L. adultus, p. p. of adolescere, akin to alere to nourish: cf. F. adulte. See {Adolescent}, {Old}.] Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult* person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adult \A*dult"\, n. A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity. Note: In the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve.