growsomeadj.
/ˈɡrəʊsəm/ dialect.
a. Of an animal: Apt to grow.
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1863 (Staffordsh. Cottager) Our pig is such a growsome little thing; it will eat anything.
b. Of the weather: Favourable to growth.
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1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) ‘It's growsome weather noo’.
Derivatives
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1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xviii. 32 A great helpe vnto growsomnesse, largenesse, and talnesse.
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adj.1579- polling and pilling
- polling book
- polling booth
- polling card
- polling clerk
- polling day
- polling district
- polling place
- polling sheriff
- polling station
- polling-booth
- polling-penny
- pollingbooth
- pollinger
- pollingpenny
- pollings
- pollinia
- pollinic
- pollinic chamber
- pollinic mass
- pollinical
- polliniferous
- pollinigerous
- pollinise
- pollinised