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grapplesome

grapplesome adjective: characterised or marked by grappling.

Adjective

grapplesome (comparative more grapplesome, superlative most grapplesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by grappling
    • Tossing off malefactor, mausoleum and monarch with ready dispatch, Bierce soon came hand‐to‐paw with one of the most grapplesome words of his time, the ostensibly innocuous noun monkey.1968, LIFE - Vol. 65, No. 21: Evolution Revolution in Arkansas

Forms of grapplesome

comparativemore grapplesome
superlativemost grapplesome

Origin of grapplesome

From grapple + -some.

Questions about grapplesome

What does grapplesome mean?
Grapplesome means characterised or marked by grappling.
What part of speech is grapplesome?
Grapplesome is an adjective.

Words near grapplesome in the dictionary

  1. grapplement
  2. grappler
  3. grapplers
  4. grapples
  5. grapples with
  6. grapplesome
  7. grappleth
  8. grappling
  9. grappling hook
  10. grappling hooks
  11. grappling iron

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