Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grapplesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: grap-ple-some
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by grappling

Example Sentences

"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.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: grapple

Inflected Forms

more grapplesome (comparative) most grapplesome (superlative)

Questions

What does grapplesome mean?: Characterised or marked by grappling
Where does grapplesome come from?: From grapple + -some.

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