growsome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by growth; apt to grow; conducive to growing

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Meanings

growsome1

adjectivegrowsome (comparative more growsome, superlative most growsome)

comparative more growsome · superlative most growsome

  1. dialectalCharacterised or marked by growth; apt to grow; conducive to growing

    Our pig is such a growsome little thing; it will eat anything

    2011 (original source 1863), Roy Blount, Jr., Alphabetter Juice
    2 more examples

    Since growsome grave of force must have / Sir Ingram Clifford, knight; [...]

    1828, Nathan Drake, Mornings in Spring

    They climb the dyke the growsome gets, / In spite o' a' I say; [...]

    1828, William M'Dowall, Poems, chiefly in the Galloway dialect

growsome2

adjectivegrowsome (comparative more growsome, superlative most growsome)

comparative more growsome · superlative most growsome

  1. alternativedialectalAlternative form of gruesome.

Origin

From grow + -some.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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