full-blown Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite fully ripe; at the height of bloom
    matured.
    • a full-blown rose
  2. adjective satellite having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness
    • a full-blown financial crisis

WordNet

Full"-blown` adjective
Definitions
  1. Fully expanded, as a blossom; as, a full-bloun rose. Denham.
  2. Fully distended with wind, as a sail. Dryden.

Webster 1913