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treasuresome

treasuresome adjective: characterised or marked by treasure; valued; precious.

Adjective

treasuresome (comparative more treasuresome, superlative most treasuresome)

  1. Characterised or marked by treasure; valued; precious
    • And now you, you wretched boy, refuse her the sight of your squealing piglet, as if a piglet is too treasuresome to go anywhere near the likes of lion—all the while waging your war with such enthusiasm for death, such carelessness for life, that it's clear nothing on earth is precious in your eyes.2011, Sonya Hartnett, The Midnight Zoo
    • If i had not this sensitivity / Such a treasuresome wealth of knowledge / Would not be my proclivity [...]2016, Paul Baichoo, Are We Not The Gods?

Forms of treasuresome

comparativemore treasuresome
superlativemost treasuresome

Origin of treasuresome

From treasure + -some.

Questions about treasuresome

What does treasuresome mean?
Treasuresome means characterised or marked by treasure; valued; precious.
What part of speech is treasuresome?
Treasuresome is an adjective.

Words near treasuresome in the dictionary

  1. treasurers
  2. treasurership
  3. treasurerships
  4. treasures
  5. treasures trove
  6. treasuresome
  7. treasuress
  8. treasuresses
  9. treasurest
  10. treasureth
  11. treasurial

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