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broodsome

broodsome adjective: characterised or marked by brooding.

Adjective

broodsome (comparative more broodsome, superlative most broodsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by brooding.
    • The forest highway was as empty, broodsome, and silent as any spirit grove in a fanciful Deadman's Land; [...]1903, Ernest A. Treeton, The Instigator
    • I con the energy of each and all, I am myself a broodsome cognisance, Watching how this and that by bulb and stem then Leans forth, [...]1908, Gerda Dalliba, An Earth Poem, and Other Poems

Forms of broodsome

comparativemore broodsome
superlativemost broodsome

Origin of broodsome

From brood + -some.

Questions about broodsome

What does broodsome mean?
Broodsome means characterised or marked by brooding.
What part of speech is broodsome?
Broodsome is an adjective.

Words near broodsome in the dictionary

  1. broodmares
  2. broodnest
  3. broodnests
  4. broods
  5. broods above
  6. broodsome
  7. broodstock
  8. broodstocks
  9. broodstrain
  10. broodstrains
  11. broody

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