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doublesome

doublesome adjective: characterised or marked by being double; dual.

Adjective

doublesome (comparative more doublesome, superlative most doublesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by being double; dual
    • To cranking the engine, as though it had wrought / This doublesome, / Troublesome, / Automobubblesome [...]1913, John Bonner, George William Curtis, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's Weekly - Volume 58
    • He's always in trouble, This doublesome bubble, For eating his pie with a spoon.1969, Gifford W. Wingate, Lion Who Wouldn't

Forms of doublesome

comparativemore doublesome
superlativemost doublesome

Origin of doublesome

From double + -some.

Questions about doublesome

What does doublesome mean?
Doublesome means characterised or marked by being double; dual.
What part of speech is doublesome?
Doublesome is an adjective.

Words near doublesome in the dictionary

  1. doubles off
  2. doubles over
  3. doubles up
  4. doubles-down
  5. doublesex
  6. doublesome
  7. doublespaced
  8. doublespeak
  9. doublespeaker
  10. doublespeakers
  11. doublest

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