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English
Etymology 1
From grow + -some.
Adjective
growsome (comparative more growsome, superlative most growsome)
- (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
Adjective
growsome (comparative more growsome, superlative most growsome)
- (dialectal) Alternative form of gruesome