growsome

English

Etymology 1

From grow +‎ -some.

Adjective

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

Adjective

growsome (comparative more growsome, superlative most growsome)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of gruesome