mature
/məˈtʃʊə/muh-CHUUR
/məˈtʃʊɹ/muh-CHUUR
Meaningripe
Common meaning: fully grown
Other meanings: ripe
- maturripe, timelyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1120 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinmātūrus, -a, -um‘ripe, timely’
- Englishmature‘fully grown’ · today
matur also in: premature
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin mātūrus ‘ripe, timely’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mātūrus, p. 1120 · dictionary scan
Roots
- mātūrus, -a, -um Latin “ripe, timely”
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