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crumblesome

crumblesome adjective: characterised or marked by crumbling.

Adjective

crumblesome (comparative more crumblesome, superlative most crumblesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by crumbling.
    • Odor of earth and moss, the old brick dark and crumblesome.2010, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

Forms of crumblesome

comparativemore crumblesome
superlativemost crumblesome

Origin of crumblesome

From crumble + -some.

Questions about crumblesome

What does crumblesome mean?
Crumblesome means characterised or marked by crumbling.
What part of speech is crumblesome?
Crumblesome is an adjective.

Words near crumblesome in the dictionary

  1. crumblement
  2. crumbler
  3. crumblers
  4. crumbles
  5. crumbles up
  6. crumblesome
  7. crumbless
  8. crumblet
  9. crumbleth
  10. crumblets
  11. Crumbley

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