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airsome

airsome adjective: characterised or marked by air, especially bracingly cold air; windy; stormy.

Adjective

airsome (comparative more airsome, superlative most airsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by air, especially bracingly cold air; windy; stormy
    • “A bit airsome, sir.” Airsome, indeed! The tired old ship, unable to advance in the teeth of such frenzy, “ burned down” for the night; which is to say, stopped and reduced steam. Her boilers needed cleaning, too, and behold the opportunity.1969, George Allan England, The greatest hunt in the world
    • New Venice was nothing close to hot or even warm, but outside was certainly airsome, and the atmosphere was as solid as a hall of mirrors.2010, Jean-Christophe Valtat, Aurorarama

Forms of airsome

comparativemore airsome
superlativemost airsome

Origin of airsome

From air + -some.

Questions about airsome

What does airsome mean?
Airsome means characterised or marked by air, especially bracingly cold air; windy; stormy.
What part of speech is airsome?
Airsome is an adjective.

Words near airsome in the dictionary

  1. airside
  2. airsides
  3. airsled
  4. airsleds
  5. airsoft
  6. airsome
  7. airspace
  8. airspaces
  9. Airspeak
  10. airspeed
  11. airspeed indicator

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