Contextualizebeta

sprouty

adj

Etymology

From sprout + -y.

  1. derived from *spreutan✻
  2. derived from sprûte — “sprout”
  3. derived from sprute
  4. derived from sprouten — “to sprout”
  5. inherited from sproute
  6. suffixed as sprouty — “sprout + y”

Definitions

  1. Having sprouts.

  2. Resembling or characteristic of sprouts.

    • The seasonings really cut through the sprouty flavour, resulting in a clean-tasting spicy dish.

  3. Tending to sprout, or grow from a surface.

    • a youth with sprouty hair

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sprouty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA