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bantersome

bantersome adjective: characterised or marked by banter.

Adjective

bantersome (comparative more bantersome, superlative most bantersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by banter
    • He was less bantersome by the weekend, threatening after one burst of shouts to hold Tonahill in contempt.1964, Newsweek, volume 63, page 19
    • At that time, Saro-Wiwa was locked in a critical and somewhat bantersome exchange with fellow writer and critic, Odia Ofeimun.1998, Abdul Rasheed Naʼallah, Ogoni's Agonies, page 187

Forms of bantersome

comparativemore bantersome
superlativemost bantersome

Origin of bantersome

From banter + -some.

Questions about bantersome

What does bantersome mean?
Bantersome means characterised or marked by banter.
What part of speech is bantersome?
Bantersome is an adjective.

Words near bantersome in the dictionary

  1. banterings
  2. banterous
  3. banters
  4. bantersaurus rex
  5. Bantersaurus Rexes
  6. bantersome
  7. bantery
  8. Bantey
  9. banthine
  10. Banti's disease
  11. Banti's syndrome

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