full-blown

comparative more full-blown · superlative most full-blown

1. figurativelyCompletely developed or formed.

   We are in the midst of a full-blown crisis.

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   Solicitor—for just before leaving London I got word that my examination was successful; and I am now a full-blown solicitor!

   1897, Bram Stoker, chapter II, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, chapter II, pages 16–17

   The Little Ice Age that chilled Europe[…]should, according to past precedents, have snowballed into a full-blown ice age.

   2012, Lydia Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne, The Last Lost World, Penguin, →ISBN

   Speaking in full-blown Scientologese, he [Mark Rathbun] wrote, “The end result is unmocked org form, overworked and enturbulated executives and staff.”

   2013, Lawrence Wright, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, in Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, part II (Hollywood), page 262

   Synonyms: full-fledged, full-bore, full-on · Antonyms: unfledged, incipient

2. literallyAt the peak of blossom; ripe.

   The trees in the garden were resplendent with full-blown white gardenias.

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   There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak.

   1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 3

   “Fanny has been cutting roses, has she?” “Yes, and I am afraid they will be the last this year. Poor thing! She found it hot enough; but they were so full-blown that one could not wait.”

   1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

   Above, Jupiter hung like a full-blown jonquil, so bright as almost to throw a shade.

   1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter L, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC

   What made the flower open? What made it grow from a tiny bud to a full-blown bloom? Why was it at all? Why was he?

   1916, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The God of Tarzan”, in Jungle Tales of Tarzan

comparative more full-blown · superlative most full-blown

1. Filled with wind; puffed up.

   The schooner took to sea with full-blown sails.