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eagersome

eagersome adjective: characterised or marked by eagerness.

Adjective

eagersome (comparative more eagersome, superlative most eagersome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by eagerness.
    • It loves to coquette with my eagersome eyes, […]1901, Eugene Field, Joseph G. Brown, A Little Book of Tribune Verse
    • Even a knocked-about old palomer like me has seen enough o' men to ken when a one's too timid an' eagersome to stand by a lie.1960, Analog Science Fact, Fiction - Volume 66, Issues 2-6, page 29

Forms of eagersome

comparativemore eagersome
superlativemost eagersome

Origin of eagersome

From eager + -some.

Questions about eagersome

What does eagersome mean?
Eagersome means characterised or marked by eagerness.
What part of speech is eagersome?
Eagersome is an adjective.

Words near eagersome in the dictionary

  1. eagerish
  2. eagerly
  3. eagerness
  4. eagernesses
  5. eagers
  6. eagersome
  7. eagle
  8. Eagle and Swinethorpe
  9. Eagle County
  10. eagle dad
  11. eagle dads

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