Adultness

1adult pronunciation: function: adjective etymology: latin adultus, past participle of adolescere to grow up, from ad- + -olescere (from alescere to grow) — more at olddate: 1531 1 : fully developed and mature : grown-up2 : of, relating to, intended for, or befitting adults lt;an adult approach to a problemgt;3 : dealing in or with explicitly sexual material lt;adult bookstoresgt; lt;adult moviesgt;— adult;hood noun — adult;ly adverb — adult;ness noun