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knowsome

knowsome adjective: characterised by knowing; full of knowledge; knowledgeable.

Adjective

knowsome (comparative more knowsome, superlative most knowsome)

  1. Characterised by knowing; full of knowledge; knowledgeable
    • "She's a knowsome girl," he said that night as he lay beside his wife.1921, Ernest Temple Thurston, The Green Bough

Forms of knowsome

comparativemore knowsome
superlativemost knowsome

Origin of knowsome

From know + -some.

Questions about knowsome

What does knowsome mean?
Knowsome means characterised by knowing; full of knowledge; knowledgeable.
What part of speech is knowsome?
Knowsome is an adjective.

Words near knowsome in the dictionary

  1. knows where the bodies are buried
  2. knows whether one is Arthur or Martha
  3. knows which end is up
  4. knows which side one's bread is buttered on
  5. Knowsley
  6. knowsome
  7. knowst
  8. Knowsthorpe
  9. Knowstone
  10. knowwhaddamean
  11. Knox

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