Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sproutsy adj.

[? the hippie n.2 (3) diet of bean sprouts etc.]

(US) unconventional, hippie adj.

Punch Drunk posting on ‘What do you think of Aikido’ 23 Aug. at Karateforums.com 🌐 This sort of practitioner is really caught up in the mystical qualities of ki or chi or qui or however you spell it. They are sproutsy or new agey and in case you can’t tell already – I find their smug self satisfaction mildly annoying.