growthsome

adj
/ˈɡɹoʊθsəm/US/ˈɡɹəʊθsəm/UK

Etymology

From growth + -some.

  1. derived from *gʰreh₁-✻ — “to grow, become green”
  2. inherited from *grōaną✻ — “to grow, grow green”
  3. inherited from *grōan✻
  4. inherited from grōwan — “to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”
  5. inherited from growen
  6. suffixed as growth — “grow + th”
  7. suffixed as growthsome — “growth + some”

Definitions

  1. Marked by growth.

    • Intellectually, the four-year-old is in a growthsome age. He learns best from firsthand experience. He is having fun with language and is liable to run out of bounds verbally.

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