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tinklesome

tinklesome adjective: characterised or marked by tinkling.

Adjective

tinklesome (comparative more tinklesome, superlative most tinklesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by tinkling
    • All verse should be tinklesome and vague, and so written that it cannot offend any known or possible variety of fool who can raise the price of a magazine.1910, The International, volumes 3-4
    • As his mood was, Mozart would be dismissed as entirely tinklesome, or pæaned as utterly celestial.1930, James Agate, Gemel in London

Forms of tinklesome

comparativemore tinklesome
superlativemost tinklesome

Origin of tinklesome

From tinkle + -some.

Questions about tinklesome

What does tinklesome mean?
Tinklesome means characterised or marked by tinkling.
What part of speech is tinklesome?
Tinklesome is an adjective.

Words near tinklesome in the dictionary

  1. tinkle-down
  2. tinkled
  3. tinkler
  4. tinklers
  5. tinkles
  6. tinklesome
  7. tinklier
  8. tinkliest
  9. tinkling
  10. tinklingly
  11. tinklings

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