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cankersome

cankersome adjective: characterised or marked by ill-temperedness; cankery.

Adjective

cankersome (comparative more cankersome, superlative most cankersome)

  1. (Scotland) Characterised or marked by ill-temperedness; cankery.

Forms of cankersome

comparativemore cankersome
superlativemost cankersome

Origin of cankersome

From canker + -some.

Questions about cankersome

What does cankersome mean?
Cankersome means characterised or marked by ill-temperedness; cankery.
What part of speech is cankersome?
Cankersome is an adjective.

Words near cankersome in the dictionary

  1. cankering
  2. cankerlike
  3. cankerous
  4. cankerroot
  5. cankers
  6. cankersome
  7. cankerweed
  8. cankerworm
  9. cankerworms
  10. cankerwort
  11. cankerworts

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