asprout en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈspɹaʊt/
Etymology
From a- + sprout.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) sprouting
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: