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tindersome

tindersome adjective: having the characteristics of tinder; (by extension) igniting easily.

Adjective

tindersome (comparative more tindersome, superlative most tindersome)

  1. (rare) Having the characteristics of tinder; (by extension) igniting easily.
    • It is a windy place, this, and sparks fly easily; and the hut itself is very tindersome, and would easily catch; […]1872, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Nobody's Fortune, volume 2, page 2
    • Furthermore, the issue has now taken on the extraneous but tindersome question of Ecuador's pride in standing up to the northern giant.1971, ISLA, volume 2, page 162

Forms of tindersome

comparativemore tindersome
superlativemost tindersome

Origin of tindersome

From tinder + -some.

Questions about tindersome

What does tindersome mean?
Tindersome means having the characteristics of tinder; (by extension) igniting easily.
What part of speech is tindersome?
Tindersome is an adjective.

Words near tindersome in the dictionary

  1. Tinderites
  2. tinderlike
  3. tinderous
  4. Tinderry
  5. tinders
  6. tindersome
  7. tindery
  8. Tindi
  9. Tindiga
  10. tinding
  11. Tindis

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