rare. [f. SPROUT sb.1 + -AGE.] Sprouts collectively; new growth. In quot. fig.
1860. Masson, in Macm. Mag., II. 7. The rate of the [literary] growth, the amount of fresh sproutage that shall appear.
rare. [f. SPROUT sb.1 + -AGE.] Sprouts collectively; new growth. In quot. fig.
1860. Masson, in Macm. Mag., II. 7. The rate of the [literary] growth, the amount of fresh sproutage that shall appear.
