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asprout

/əˈspɹaʊt/

adjective

sprouting

Scrabble 9

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Meanings

adjectiveasprout (not comparable)

not comparablesprouting
Once there were islands all asprout with palms: and coral reefs and sands as white as milk. What is there now but a vast shambles of the heart?
1959, Mervyn Peake, Titus Alone

Origin

From a- + sprout.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with asprout

about out without throughout route doubt scout shout drought bout tout stout spout gout clout grout sprout devout rout pout reroute lout umlaut strout

Cite this entry

APA

asprout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asprout

MLA

“asprout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asprout. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asprout,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asprout.

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