GREWSOME

Adjective

grewsome (comparative more grewsome, superlative most grewsome)

Obsolete spelling of gruesome.

Source: Wiktionary


Grew"some

Definition: , Grue"some, a. Etym: [From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam. Cf. Grisly.]

Definition: Ugly; frightful. Grewsome sights of war. C. Kingsley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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