Meanings
adjectivegrapplesome (comparative more grapplesome, superlative most grapplesome)
comparative more grapplesome · superlative most grapplesome
- Characterised or marked by grappling
Tossing off malefactor, mausoleum and monarch with ready dispatch, Bierce soon came hand‐to‐paw with one of the most grapplesome words of his time, the ostensibly innocuous noun monkey.
1968, LIFE - Vol. 65, No. 21: Evolution Revolution in Arkansas
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grapplesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grapplesome
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“grapplesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grapplesome. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grapplesome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grapplesome.
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