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harrisome

harrisome adjective: characterised or marked by harrying or harriedness.

Adjective

harrisome (comparative more harrisome, superlative most harrisome)

  1. Characterised or marked by harrying or harriedness
    • He never had to fight in a foreign war, but what he had to deal with in the turf fights with Spanish people and with Blacks proved every bit as harrisome as Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal.2014, Howard Gordon, Cry Heaven, Cry Hell
    • It was, H. L. Mencken opined, “the stupidest and most harrisome ever heard of ... a convention of country postmasters, federal marshals and receivers in bankruptcy. [...]”2015, Axel Madsen, Gloria and Joe

Forms of harrisome

comparativemore harrisome
superlativemost harrisome

Origin of harrisome

From harry + -some.

Questions about harrisome

What does harrisome mean?
Harrisome means characterised or marked by harrying or harriedness.
What part of speech is harrisome?
Harrisome is an adjective.

Words near harrisome in the dictionary

  1. Harrises
  2. Harrisian
  3. Harrisite
  4. Harrisites
  5. Harrismith
  6. harrisome
  7. Harrison
  8. Harrison Claudio Carantes
  9. Harrison County
  10. Harrison red
  11. Harrison syndrome

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