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marmsome

marmsome adjective: characteristic or typical of a marm; motherly; matronly.

Adjective

marmsome (comparative more marmsome, superlative most marmsome)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, rare) Characteristic or typical of a marm; motherly; matronly
    • He was surrounded by three females, all his abject slaves ! a cook, a sort of marmsome housekeeper, who waited at table, and his typewriter amanuensis, who was subserviently tyrannical, as she should be.1918, Caroline P. Atkinson, Letters of Susan Hale

Forms of marmsome

comparativemore marmsome
superlativemost marmsome

Origin of marmsome

From marm + -some.

Questions about marmsome

What does marmsome mean?
Marmsome means characteristic or typical of a marm; motherly; matronly.
What part of speech is marmsome?
Marmsome is an adjective.

Words near marmsome in the dictionary

  1. marmotines
  2. marmots
  3. marmozet
  4. marmozets
  5. marms
  6. marmsome
  7. marn grook
  8. Marnardal
  9. marnavirus
  10. marnaviruses
  11. Marne

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