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twinklesome

twinklesome adjective: characterised or marked by twinkling.

Adjective

twinklesome (comparative more twinklesome, superlative most twinklesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by twinkling
    • “That's a sprightly young chick Catualorig's fathered,” he said, “and she's been giving me a twinklesome eye, and he's already hinted he'd liefer have me than a ruck of woodland louts beget his grandchildren.”1988, Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson, The Dog and the Wolf
    • The cute, big-eyed waitress was working today—her name tag read Kelly—and just her twinklesome smile was worth the lengthy digestion of the slop available at Charlie's Ale House.2015, Aleksandar Hemon, The Making of Zombie Wars

Forms of twinklesome

comparativemore twinklesome
superlativemost twinklesome

Origin of twinklesome

From twinkle + -some.

Questions about twinklesome

What does twinklesome mean?
Twinklesome means characterised or marked by twinkling.
What part of speech is twinklesome?
Twinklesome is an adjective.

Words near twinklesome in the dictionary

  1. twinkleless
  2. twinkler
  3. twinklers
  4. twinkles
  5. twinkles out
  6. twinklesome
  7. twinklest
  8. twinkleth
  9. twinkletoes
  10. twinklier
  11. twinkliest

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