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clingsome

clingsome adjective: characterised by clinging or clinginess; clingy; adhesive.

Adjective

clingsome (comparative more clingsome, superlative most clingsome)

  1. Characterised by clinging or clinginess; clingy; adhesive
    • he loose blouse-like shirt, in an artistic tint of faded green, was made remarkably full, and was of some soft clingsome material, probably flannelette, though this I was unable to get near enough to ascertain decisively.1907, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 132
    • Presently we saw a tiny, wedge-shaped grey bird, with infinitesimal, clingsome feet, that glided in and out between the branches of the beech hedge like a noiseless, living shuttle.1916, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Content with Flies

Synonyms of clingsome

Forms of clingsome

comparativemore clingsome
superlativemost clingsome

Origin of clingsome

From cling + -some.

Questions about clingsome

What does clingsome mean?
Clingsome means characterised by clinging or clinginess; clingy; adhesive.
What part of speech is clingsome?
Clingsome is an adjective.

Words near clingsome in the dictionary

  1. Clingmans Dome
  2. clings
  3. clings on
  4. clings to
  5. clings to the skirts of
  6. clingsome
  7. clingstone
  8. clingstone peach
  9. clingstone peaches
  10. clingstones
  11. clingwrap

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