grapplesome
adjEtymology From grapple + -some.
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Characterised or marked by grappling
- 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.1968, LIFE - Vol. 65, No. 21: Evolution Revolution in Arkansas