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Grownup   /grˈoʊnˌəp/   Listen
Grownup

noun
1.
A fully developed person from maturity onward.  Synonym: adult.






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"Grownup" Quotes from Famous Books



... observed Ready; "but still you must not be too hard upon Master William, for I have heard many a grownup man make use of ...
— Masterman Ready • Captain Marryat

... played, and out of our environment and often in spite of it, lived in a delightful world of our own into which no grownup ever really entered. Now, you and I, grownup, walk along the sidewalks of San Francisco and all we see under our calloused old feet is a sidewalk. But to children even a sidewalk blossoms with possibilities. Who but a child invented: ...
— Vignettes of San Francisco • Almira Bailey

... spread with food each several mid-day, and the particular table one sat at seemed a matter of no importance. The palace was very sumptuous and beautiful, just what a palace ought to be; and we were met by a stately lady, rather more grownup than the ...
— The Golden Age • Kenneth Grahame



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