cornersome
cornersome adjective: characterised or marked by (having) corners.
Adjective
cornersome (comparative more cornersome, superlative most cornersome)
- Characterised or marked by (having) corners.
- The road is cornersome, but much easier to find than one would imagine from the map.1902, Car: A Journal of Travel by Land, Sea and Air, volume 2, page 120
- For one man's virtues may be in such a crude and cornersome stage of development that they will offend more than the refined faults of another man.1903, Ellen Burns Sherman, Why Love Grows Cold, page 120
Examples of cornersome in a sentence
- It is cornersome, but goodly; intricate, but interesting, and worth the learning.1904, John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu Montagu (2nd Baron), The Best Ways Out of London:
- Between them and home lay the 10 miles of road over Snaefell summit, 6 miles of steep up-grade with two wicked hairpin bends, and 4 miles of very fast descent, also somewhat cornersome.1911, Motorcycle Illustrated, volume 6, page 46:
Forms of cornersome
| comparative | more cornersome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cornersome |
Origin of cornersome
From corner + -some.
Questions about cornersome
- What does cornersome mean?
- Cornersome means characterised or marked by (having) corners.
- How do you use cornersome in a sentence?
- It is cornersome, but goodly; intricate, but interesting, and worth the learning.
- What part of speech is cornersome?
- Cornersome is an adjective.
Words near cornersome in the dictionary
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