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martyrsome

martyrsome adjective: pertaining to, or characteristic of a martyr.

Adjective

martyrsome (comparative more martyrsome, superlative most martyrsome)

  1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of a martyr
    • These saints, by the way, do not always preserve after death the mild and martyrsome dispositions that characterized them during life.1903, George Horton, In Argolis
    • It was surely a martyrsome situation.1903, Arthur Wellington Brayley, Arthur Wilson Tarbell, Joe Mitchell Chapple, National Magazine - Volume 19 - Page 648

Forms of martyrsome

comparativemore martyrsome
superlativemost martyrsome

Origin of martyrsome

From martyr + -some.

Questions about martyrsome

What does martyrsome mean?
Martyrsome means pertaining to, or characteristic of a martyr.
What part of speech is martyrsome?
Martyrsome is an adjective.

Words near martyrsome in the dictionary

  1. Martyropolis
  2. Martyropolitan
  3. martyrous
  4. martyrs
  5. martyrship
  6. martyrsome
  7. martyry
  8. Martz
  9. Martzes
  10. Martí
  11. Martín Pérez

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