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twigsome

twigsome adjective: full of twigs; twiggy.

Adjective

twigsome (comparative more twigsome, superlative most twigsome)

  1. Full of twigs; twiggy.
    • [T]he twigsome trees by the wayside (which, I suppose, never will grow leafy, for they never did) guarded here and there by a dusty soldier, […]1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, “Travelling Abroad”, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC, pages 91–92

Forms of twigsome

comparativemore twigsome
superlativemost twigsome

Origin of twigsome

From twig + -some.

Questions about twigsome

What does twigsome mean?
Twigsome means full of twigs; twiggy.
What part of speech is twigsome?
Twigsome is an adjective.

Words near twigsome in the dictionary

  1. twiglit
  2. twigloo
  3. twigloos
  4. twigs
  5. twigs and berries
  6. twigsome
  7. twigwork
  8. twihard
  9. Twihards
  10. Twihater
  11. Twihaters

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