growsome

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From grow +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

growsome (comparative more growsome, superlative most growsome)

  1. (dialectal) Characterised or marked by growth; apt to grow; conducive to growing
    • 1828, Nathan Drake, Mornings in Spring:
      Since growsome grave of force must have / Sir Ingram Clifford, knight; [...]
    • 1828, William M'Dowall, Poems, chiefly in the Galloway dialect:
      They climb the dyke the growsome gets, / In spite o' a' I say; [...]
    • 2011 (original source 1863), Roy Blount, Jr., Alphabetter Juice:
      Our pig is such a growsome little thing; it will eat anything

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

growsome (comparative more growsome, superlative most growsome)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of gruesome
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