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truesome

truesome adjective: marked by truth; truthful; honest; genuine.

Adjective

truesome (comparative more truesome, superlative most truesome)

  1. Marked by truth; truthful; honest; genuine
    • Then lightly turned him Walter the page, / By the stirrup as he ran: / 'Now pledge you me the truesome word / Of a king and gentleman, …2016, (originally 1899), James Russell Lowell, Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
    • Sonmi helped sick uns, fixed busted luck, an' when a truesome'n'civ'lized Valleysman died she'd take his soul an' lead it back into a womb somewhere in the Valleys.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

Forms of truesome

comparativemore truesome
superlativemost truesome

Origin of truesome

From true + -some.

Questions about truesome

What does truesome mean?
Truesome means marked by truth; truthful; honest; genuine.
What part of speech is truesome?
Truesome is an adjective.

Words near truesome in the dictionary

  1. trues up
  2. Truesdale
  3. Truesdales
  4. Truesdell
  5. Truesdells
  6. truesome
  7. truesona
  8. truesonas
  9. truest
  10. trueth
  11. truetone

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