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bulksome

bulksome adjective: large, massive, heavy, or bulky.

Adjective

bulksome (comparative more bulksome, superlative most bulksome)

  1. Large, massive, heavy, or bulky.
    • It is the great quantities of Bulksome Commodities that multiplies ships and men.1669, Thomas Tryon, England's Grandeur

Forms of bulksome

comparativemore bulksome
superlativemost bulksome

Origin of bulksome

From bulk + -some.

Questions about bulksome

What does bulksome mean?
Bulksome means large, massive, heavy, or bulky.
What part of speech is bulksome?
Bulksome is an adjective.

Words near bulksome in the dictionary

  1. bulklike
  2. bulks
  3. bulks large
  4. bulks out
  5. bulks up
  6. bulksome
  7. bulkwise
  8. bulky
  9. bulky refuse
  10. bulky waste
  11. bull

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