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rivalsome

rivalsome adjective: characterised or marked by rivalry.

Adjective

rivalsome (comparative more rivalsome, superlative most rivalsome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by rivalry
    • Strength of numbers against foes, in a more populous and rivalsome world, was an added if not paramount consideration.1942, John Edward Macy, A Philosophy of the Social Mode, page 13
    • But perhaps most significantly, Java's Sun ties and VRML's SGI ties affiliated them with two of the Valley's most famously rivalsome rivals.1997, Robert Reid, Architects of the Web

Forms of rivalsome

comparativemore rivalsome
superlativemost rivalsome

Origin of rivalsome

From rival + -some.

Questions about rivalsome

What does rivalsome mean?
Rivalsome means characterised or marked by rivalry.
What part of speech is rivalsome?
Rivalsome is an adjective.

Words near rivalsome in the dictionary

  1. rivalrousness
  2. rivalry
  3. rivals
  4. rivalship
  5. rivalships
  6. rivalsome
  7. Rivard
  8. Rivards
  9. rivaria
  10. rivarium
  11. rivariums

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