Adult
Adult ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere, akin to alere to nourish: compare French adulte. See Adolescent, Old.]
Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.
Adult , noun
A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.
In the common law, the term is applied to a person who has attained full age or legal majority; in the civil law, to males after the age of fourteen, and to females after twelve.