gripsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From grip +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

gripsome (comparative more gripsome, superlative most gripsome)

  1. (rare or dialectal) Characterised or marked by gripping.
    • 1837, Charles White, The Married Unmarried, volume 1, page 95:
      […] it's quite small, swipes like, and a'n't wholesome for us poor old bodies; it's quite gripsome like; […]
    • 1900, Prescott Hartford Belknap, The Canalero, the Trooper, page 35:
      (O God! that I, of all dolts, Had a forty-four gripsome Colt's!)
    • 2015, Poul Anderson, Three Hearts and Three Lions:
      Not so big, mayhap, but fierce beyond measure, cunning, and gripsome o'life.
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