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daresome

daresome adjective: characterised or marked by daring.

Adjective

daresome

  1. Characterised or marked by daring
    • Pa was coming along with that kind of daresome and hangdog look all at once like when he has been up to something he knows ma aint ^([sic]) going to like...1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 177
    • Lila's uncle found out he was hanging around and tried to scare him away, but Spence was daresome and he flirted openly with her, slowing down her work.2007, Bobbie Ann Mason, Nancy Culpepper: Stories

Origin of daresome

From dare + -some.

Questions about daresome

What does daresome mean?
Daresome means characterised or marked by daring.
What part of speech is daresome?
Daresome is an adjective.

Words near daresome in the dictionary

  1. daresaying
  2. daresayings
  3. daresays
  4. Daresbury
  5. daresn't
  6. daresome
  7. darest
  8. dareth
  9. Dareton
  10. darexaban
  11. darf

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