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rotsome

rotsome adjective: characterised or marked by rot or rotting.

Adjective

rotsome (comparative more rotsome, superlative most rotsome)

  1. (informal) Characterised or marked by rot or rotting.
    • It's disgusterous! ... It's sickable! It's rotsome!2011, Ann Alston, Catherine Butler, Roald Dahl
    • 'This on its own would be rotsome, but the dog hair gives it a lovely zingy tang.'2011, Steven Butler, The Wrong Pong

Forms of rotsome

comparativemore rotsome
superlativemost rotsome

Origin of rotsome

From rot + -some.

Questions about rotsome

What does rotsome mean?
Rotsome means characterised or marked by rot or rotting.
What part of speech is rotsome?
Rotsome is an adjective.

Words near rotsome in the dictionary

  1. rots off
  2. rots through
  3. ROTSE
  4. Rotselaar
  5. Rotselaars
  6. rotsome
  7. Rott
  8. rotta
  9. rottable
  10. rottas
  11. rotted

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