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frittersome

frittersome adjective: characterised or marked by frittering; wasteful, squandersome.

Adjective

frittersome (comparative more frittersome, superlative most frittersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by frittering; wasteful, squandersome.
    • It was very seldom that she was ever stubborn, for despite her frittersome ways she really was very fond of her two daughters and could, by skilful management, be twisted around either of their little fingers.2012, Hayley Ann Solomon, Madrigals And Mistletoe

Forms of frittersome

comparativemore frittersome
superlativemost frittersome

Origin of frittersome

From fritter + -some.

Questions about frittersome

What does frittersome mean?
Frittersome means characterised or marked by frittering; wasteful, squandersome.
What part of speech is frittersome?
Frittersome is an adjective.

Words near frittersome in the dictionary

  1. frittering
  2. frittering away
  3. fritterlike
  4. fritters
  5. fritters away
  6. frittersome
  7. fritterware
  8. fritting
  9. fritting away
  10. Fritton
  11. Fritton and St Olaves

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