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danksome

danksome adjective: characterised or marked by dankness.

Adjective

danksome (comparative more danksome, superlative most danksome)

  1. Characterised or marked by dankness.
    • “[...] Go where there is moving air, we must—even in these dank-some caves there must be such a place, methinks.”2006, Tad Williams, Shadowmarch
    • “Were a night like now,” he eventually mumbled. “But late in the year. The forest nigh had gotten danksome and groolier.2013, Robin Jarvis, Dark Waters of Hagwood

Forms of danksome

comparativemore danksome
superlativemost danksome
alternative formdank-some

Origin of danksome

From dank + -some.

Questions about danksome

What does danksome mean?
Danksome means characterised or marked by dankness.
What part of speech is danksome?
Danksome is an adjective.

Words near danksome in the dictionary

  1. dankness
  2. danknesses
  3. Danko
  4. Dankos
  5. danks
  6. danksome
  7. Danlagan
  8. Danley
  9. Danleys
  10. Danlos
  11. Danloses

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