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rumplesome

rumplesome adjective: characterised or marked by rumpling; tousled; disturbed.

Adjective

rumplesome (comparative more rumplesome, superlative most rumplesome)

  1. (dialectal) Characterised or marked by rumpling; tousled; disturbed
    • Mr. Dash, how rumplesome and fond of kissing you are.1844, Oxberry's Budget of Plays
    • His night's rest was rumplesome, [...]1899, George Ford, Postle Farm

Forms of rumplesome

comparativemore rumplesome
superlativemost rumplesome

Origin of rumplesome

From rumple + -some.

Questions about rumplesome

What does rumplesome mean?
Rumplesome means characterised or marked by rumpling; tousled; disturbed.
What part of speech is rumplesome?
Rumplesome is an adjective.

Words near rumplesome in the dictionary

  1. rumpled
  2. rumpled up
  3. rumpledness
  4. rumples
  5. rumples up
  6. rumplesome
  7. rumpless
  8. rumplessness
  9. Rumplestiltskin
  10. rumplier
  11. rumpliest

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