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a·dult (ə-dŭlt', ăd'ŭlt)
n.
  1. One who has attained maturity or legal age.
  2. Biology. A fully grown, mature organism.
adj.
  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.

[From Latin adultus, past participle of adolēscere, to grow up. See adolescent.]

adulthood a·dult'hood' n.
adultness a·dult'ness n.

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