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waddlesome

waddlesome adjective: characterised by a waddling gait.

Adjective

waddlesome (comparative more waddlesome, superlative most waddlesome)

  1. Characterised by a waddling gait.
    • I was angry with my bubble-brained antics and my waddlesome sloth, with my guides, with the thunder, with this stupid maze of rocks.2001, The Way of the Wanderer: Discover Your True Self Through Travel
    • Thru-hiking the AT, he wrote in the opening pages of the ensuing book, would get me fit after years of waddlesome sloth.2021, Philip D'Anieri, The Appalachian Trail: A Biography, page 199

Forms of waddlesome

comparativemore waddlesome
superlativemost waddlesome

Origin of waddlesome

From waddle + -some.

Questions about waddlesome

What does waddlesome mean?
Waddlesome means characterised by a waddling gait.
What part of speech is waddlesome?
Waddlesome is an adjective.

Words near waddlesome in the dictionary

  1. waddle
  2. waddled
  3. waddler
  4. waddlers
  5. waddles
  6. waddlesome
  7. waddling
  8. waddlingly
  9. waddlings
  10. waddly
  11. Waddon

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