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loonsome

loonsome adjective: lonesome.

Adjective (1)

loonsome (comparative more loonsome, superlative most loonsome)

  1. (pronunciation-spelling) lonesome
    • There they sat, with their "heads bowed down like the loonsome bulrush," as Uncle Billy poetically expressed it, weeping over their sins, as he thought, but the wicked creatures were laughing.1859, Hardin E. Taliaferro, Fisher's River (North Carolina): Scenes and Characters, page 160
    • "Jack he ha' gart ta be about his wark, an' Aggie hare ha' gart har chillern ta see arter, an' sometimes I fare sa loonsome, hare, all alooan . . . wi' Gord."1906, James Blyth, The Same Clay, page 191

Adjective (2)

loonsome (comparative more loonsome, superlative most loonsome)

  1. Characteristic of a loon or marked by looniness
    • Hi everyone, Had a lovlerley ubberley weekend-filled with much loonsome dancing and merriment.2007, Roast Dinner - Honeybuns
    • Only one of them is crazy / Loonsome moontide / Drifts me like a paperboat [...]2011, Emu Camel Drum, Sanity Inhibits Wisdom

Examples of loonsome in a sentence

  • Of course, Chisum didn’t read what he advocated before he advocated it (what would you expect), but his response when he finally read it wasn’t much less loonsome.2013, Encyclopedia of American Loons: #569: Warren Chisum^([americanloons.blogspot.com/2013/05/569-warren-chisum.html]):
  • However, our loonsome duo stumble across advertising, marketing, Hovis, Argos and the Planet Zestis Omercrom Three (3) in their quest for knowledge.2017, Andrew Harland, The DredgeLand Sci-Fi Podcast Spectacular:

Forms of loonsome

comparativemore loonsome
superlativemost loonsome

Origin of loonsome

Variant of lonesome.

From loon + -some.

Questions about loonsome

What does loonsome mean?
Loonsome means lonesome.
How do you use loonsome in a sentence?
Of course, Chisum didn’t read what he advocated before he advocated it (what would you expect), but his response when he finally read it wasn’t much less loonsome.
What part of speech is loonsome?
Loonsome is an adjective.

Words near loonsome in the dictionary

  1. looning
  2. Loonix
  3. Loonixtard
  4. Loonixtards
  5. loons
  6. loonsome
  7. loony
  8. loony bin
  9. loony bins
  10. loony dooker
  11. loony dookers

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