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Meaning of grapplesome | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Characterised or marked by grappling

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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

grapsoid graptolitic GRAS GRASE grasive graspable