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Meaning of gripsome | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Characterised or marked by gripping.

dialectal, rare

Examples

“[…] it's quite small, swipes like, and a'n't wholesome for us poor old bodies; it's quite gripsome like; […]”
“(O God! that I, of all dolts, Had a forty-four gripsome Colt's!)”
“Not so big, mayhap, but fierce beyond measure, cunning, and gripsome o'life.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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