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tumblesome

tumblesome adjective: marked or characterised by tumbling.

Adjective

tumblesome (comparative more tumblesome, superlative most tumblesome)

  1. Marked or characterised by tumbling
    • Well, insofar as arranging for the delivery of pie ingredients could be considered rough and/or tumblesome2015, Ben Y. Faroe, Bill Hoard, Hubris Towers Season 1, Episode 4: Ominous Undertones

Forms of tumblesome

comparativemore tumblesome
superlativemost tumblesome

Origin of tumblesome

From tumble + -some.

Questions about tumblesome

What does tumblesome mean?
Tumblesome means marked or characterised by tumbling.
What part of speech is tumblesome?
Tumblesome is an adjective.

Words near tumblesome in the dictionary

  1. tumbles up
  2. tumbleset
  3. tumblesets
  4. tumblesetted
  5. tumblesetting
  6. tumblesome
  7. Tumbleson
  8. Tumblesons
  9. tumblest
  10. tumblestone
  11. tumblestones

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