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coolsome

coolsome adjective: characterised or marked by coolness.

Adjective

coolsome (comparative more coolsome, superlative most coolsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by coolness.
    • Ferny dells; wide uplands, dappled with rays of golden light; intense depths of coolsome shadowy boughs heavy with leafiness, and ringing with music; stately “pillared aisles” of glorious trees, which in the olden time lent life and vigour to the scene […]1869, John Greville Fennell, The Rail and the Rod, Or, Tourist-angler's Guide to Waters and Quarters Thirty Miles Around London
    • I din't say yay, I said, coolsome'n'stony, Grazin' goats ain't int'restin' for folks with so much Smart as you.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Forms of coolsome

comparativemore coolsome
superlativemost coolsome

Origin of coolsome

From cool + -some.

Questions about coolsome

What does coolsome mean?
Coolsome means characterised or marked by coolness.
What part of speech is coolsome?
Coolsome is an adjective.

Words near coolsome in the dictionary

  1. cools one's heels
  2. cools one's jets
  3. cools out
  4. coolship
  5. coolships
  6. coolsome
  7. coolspeak
  8. coolth
  9. coolths
  10. Coolumbooka
  11. coolung

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