full-grownness

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English

Etymology

From full-grown +‎ -ness.

Noun

full-grownness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state, quality, or condition of being full-grown; adulthood; maturity.
    • 1976, John R. Meyer, Reflections on Values Education, page 10:
      But this form can be known only when the mussel is full-grown, and this full-grownness in turn, is the goal of everything the mussel does.