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lurksome

lurksome adjective: characterised or marked by lurking; lurky.

Adjective

lurksome (comparative more lurksome, superlative most lurksome)

  1. Characterised or marked by lurking; lurky
    • Whereas, The strong and lurksome hand of death has again entered the home of one of our members and taken from it our beloved brother and treasurer, [...]1914, Typographical Journal, volume 44
    • Shrink not in fear of lurksome difficulties or disturbances.1918, Coal and Coal Trade Journal

Forms of lurksome

comparativemore lurksome
superlativemost lurksome

Origin of lurksome

From lurk + -some.

Questions about lurksome

What does lurksome mean?
Lurksome means characterised or marked by lurking; lurky.
What part of speech is lurksome?
Lurksome is an adjective.

Words near lurksome in the dictionary

  1. lurkman
  2. lurkmen
  3. lurkmoar
  4. lurkmore
  5. lurks
  6. lurksome
  7. lurky
  8. Lurleen
  9. Lurlie
  10. Lurnea
  11. lurosetron

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