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scribblesome

scribblesome adjective: characteristic of scribbling; scribbly.

Adjective

scribblesome (comparative more scribblesome, superlative most scribblesome)

  1. Characteristic of scribbling; scribbly
    • That after Green and Sherbino and Jones and Crutcher and Cohen and Orme and Eckford and Bailey and "Yours Truly," and others perhaps more gifted, but lazier or less scribblesome, or more modest or something had had such a big hand in the support and tulelage of the younster it would be an awful...1889, Southern Journal of Homoeopathy - Volume 7
    • Although Beatrix considered them 'very scribblesome', she took note of the boy's interest and enthusiasm.2008, Linda Lear, Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature

Forms of scribblesome

comparativemore scribblesome
superlativemost scribblesome

Origin of scribblesome

From scribble + -some.

Questions about scribblesome

What does scribblesome mean?
Scribblesome means characteristic of scribbling; scribbly.
What part of speech is scribblesome?
Scribblesome is an adjective.

Words near scribblesome in the dictionary

  1. scribbleresses
  2. scribblers
  3. scribblery
  4. scribbles
  5. scribbles down
  6. scribblesome
  7. scribblest
  8. scribbleth
  9. scribbley
  10. scribblier
  11. scribbliest

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