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franksome

franksome adjective: marked or characterised by frankness.

Adjective

franksome (comparative more franksome, superlative most franksome)

  1. Marked or characterised by frankness
    • For still as one by one they grew / To Childhood's franksome years, / They one by one were torn away / To bondage and to tears.1836, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Essays, Philanthropic and Moral
    • Pixies of franksome moods / Dreams of delight!1845, The New Monthly Belle Assemblée

Examples of franksome in a sentence

  • Ay, ay, a franksome lad — a ne'er-do-well; [...]1863, Charles Swain, Art and Fashion:
  • I might have easily attached myself to one of the franksome young gypsies who were about me, and who put forth many a lure, but my heart was unalterably wedded to Francesca; [...]1869, Edward Vaughan Kenealy, An Autobiography:

Forms of franksome

comparativemore franksome
superlativemost franksome

Origin of franksome

From frank + -some.

Questions about franksome

What does franksome mean?
Franksome means marked or characterised by frankness.
How do you use franksome in a sentence?
Ay, ay, a franksome lad — a ne'er-do-well; [...]
What part of speech is franksome?
Franksome is an adjective.

Words near franksome in the dictionary

  1. Frankowski
  2. Frankowskis
  3. frankpledge
  4. frankpledges
  5. franks
  6. franksome
  7. Frankson
  8. Franksons
  9. Frankston
  10. Frankston North
  11. Frankston South

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