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piddlesome

piddlesome adjective: characterised or marked by piddling.

Adjective

piddlesome (comparative more piddlesome, superlative most piddlesome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by piddling.

Forms of piddlesome

comparativemore piddlesome
superlativemost piddlesome

Origin of piddlesome

From piddle + -some.

Questions about piddlesome

What does piddlesome mean?
Piddlesome means characterised or marked by piddling.
What part of speech is piddlesome?
Piddlesome is an adjective.

Words near piddlesome in the dictionary

  1. piddlepants
  2. piddler
  3. piddlers
  4. piddles
  5. piddles away
  6. piddlesome
  7. Piddletrenthide
  8. piddlier
  9. piddliest
  10. piddling
  11. piddling away

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