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fadesome

fadesome adjective: characterised or marked by fading; apt to fade.

Adjective

fadesome (comparative more fadesome, superlative most fadesome)

  1. (dialectal) Characterised or marked by fading; apt to fade
    • Through me, through me only, although ye scoff / And scowl at my doings, can ye throw off / Your fadesome mortality; [...]1857, Charles Boner, The New Dance of Death, and Other Poems

Forms of fadesome

comparativemore fadesome
superlativemost fadesome

Origin of fadesome

From fade + -some.

Questions about fadesome

What does fadesome mean?
Fadesome means characterised or marked by fading; apt to fade.
What part of speech is fadesome?
Fadesome is an adjective.

Words near fadesome in the dictionary

  1. fades
  2. fades away
  3. fades in
  4. fades out
  5. fades to black
  6. fadesome
  7. fadest
  8. fadeth
  9. fadge
  10. fadged
  11. fadger

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