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growsome en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From grow + -some.

Meanings

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

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growsome en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, dialectal) Alternative form of gruesome.
   alt of gruesome

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