grownup

& s. A. As adj .: Advanced to full age; full-grown. B. As subst.: A grown-up person. ( Colloq .) "I always did like grown - ups ."-Dickens: Our Mutual Friend, bk. ii., ch. i. growse, v . i . [Ger. grausen =to cause to shudder, to shiver.] To shiver; to have chills. (Scotch.) growth, *grot he, s. [Icel. gródhr, gródhi.] GROW.] 2. A short, thick-set man; a dwarf. (Used in contempt.) 3. A dirty, slovenly person. 4. That which is grubbed up, roots or stumps of trees, . 5. Food, victuals. ( Slang .) grub-ax, s. [GRUBBING-AX.] grub-plank, s. Offal plank used in fastening the cribs and strings of a lumber raft together.