Grapplesome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From grapple + -some.
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