adultness


a·dult

A0100600 (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.
[From Latin adultus, past participle of adolēscere, to grow up; see adolescent.]
a·dult′hood′ n.a·dult′ness n.

adultness

(əˈdʌltnəs; ˈædʌltnəs) nthe state or quality of being an adult; an impression of maturity