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broilsome

broilsome adjective: marked by broiling or brawling; contentious; rowdy.

Adjective

broilsome (comparative more broilsome, superlative most broilsome)

  1. Marked by broiling or brawling; contentious; rowdy.
    • We think of broilsome Norman lords — and so they were — but in their broilsomeness and insecurity they sought, and even abided by, tenure decisions lent legitimacy by the elevation to the inheritance of one of a finite number of 'rightful' heirs.1981, Reginald Allen Brown, Proceedings of the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies: 1980. III
    • If a man was broil-some, he was likely to go whole-hog about it, utilizing tire irons and stones and teeth.2016, John Graves, Hard Scrabble

Forms of broilsome

comparativemore broilsome
superlativemost broilsome
alternative formbroil-some

Origin of broilsome

From broil + -some.

Words formed from broilsome

  • broilsomeness

Questions about broilsome

What does broilsome mean?
Broilsome means marked by broiling or brawling; contentious; rowdy.
What part of speech is broilsome?
Broilsome is an adjective.

Words near broilsome in the dictionary

  1. broiling up
  2. broilingly
  3. broilings
  4. broils
  5. broils up
  6. broilsome
  7. broing down
  8. broing out
  9. Broinowski
  10. Broinowskis
  11. broish

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