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minglesome

minglesome adjective: characterised or marked by mingling; apt to mingle.

Adjective

minglesome (comparative more minglesome, superlative most minglesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by mingling; apt to mingle
    • While holdin' himse'f at what you might call ' par ' on all o'casions, Dave is still plenty minglesome an' fraternal with the balance of the herd, an' would no more think of donnin' airs or puttin' on dog than he'd think of blastin' away at one of us with his gun.1902, Alfred Henry Lewis, Wolfville Nights
    • Is intermingle really more minglesome than mingle on its own?2016, Rebecca Gowers, Horrible Words

Forms of minglesome

comparativemore minglesome
superlativemost minglesome

Origin of minglesome

From mingle + -some.

Questions about minglesome

What does minglesome mean?
Minglesome means characterised or marked by mingling; apt to mingle.
What part of speech is minglesome?
Minglesome is an adjective.

Words near minglesome in the dictionary

  1. minglement
  2. minglements
  3. mingler
  4. minglers
  5. mingles
  6. minglesome
  7. minglest
  8. mingleth
  9. mingling
  10. minglingly
  11. minglings

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