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jumblesome

jumblesome adjective: characterised or marked by jumbling; characteristic of a jumble.

Adjective

jumblesome (comparative more jumblesome, superlative most jumblesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by jumbling; characteristic of a jumble
    • And this jumblesome mess of odds and ends is all I have done in these weeks of absence, save the letter which I wrote just after coining here.1879, Henry Rust Mighels, Sage Brush Leaves
    • A jumblesome profusion of cuttings and grafts offers a more promising metaphor than does bonsai.2016, Dennis P. Affholter, Letter to the Editor

Forms of jumblesome

comparativemore jumblesome
superlativemost jumblesome

Origin of jumblesome

From jumble + -some.

Questions about jumblesome

What does jumblesome mean?
Jumblesome means characterised or marked by jumbling; characteristic of a jumble.
What part of speech is jumblesome?
Jumblesome is an adjective.

Words near jumblesome in the dictionary

  1. jumbler
  2. jumblers
  3. jumbles
  4. jumbles together
  5. jumbles up
  6. jumblesome
  7. jumbling
  8. jumbling together
  9. jumbling up
  10. jumblingly
  11. jumblings

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