See Also: grown-up(dictionary)
grown(dictionary)
grown 2,(dictionary)
lung-grown(medicine)
full-grown(dictionary)
fully-grown(dictionary)
grown 1, adjective(dictionary)
grown-up 1, adjective(dictionary)
grown-up 2, noun(dictionary)

grown-up (iou)



grown-up ppl adjective & noun. Also grown up. LME.
[from GROWN + UP adverb1.]
A. ppl adjective.
Having reached the age of maturity; adult. LME.
A. Koestler People who have learnt the alphabet late, when already grown-up.
Suitable for or characteristic of an adult; sensible, worthwhile. M19.
C. M. Yonge As to books, all the real good grown-up ones are down in Mr. Lyddell's library.
b. noun. A grown-up person; an adult. E19.
J. Wain I have absolutely no need to talk down to you, as a grown-up to a kid.
grown-upness noun the state of being grown-up M19.