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wandersome

wandersome adjective: characterised or marked by wandering.

Adjective

wandersome (comparative more wandersome, superlative most wandersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by wandering
    • Though the sky is fogged with the wildfires south of this location, dulling the sun's piercing ultraviolet punishment, still, my mind is wandersome.2010, Sam Flakus, Dark Horse
    • So with heels chafed and sore, a now empty walnut sized bladder and a Booker Prize for best newcomer, I once again girded my rapidly diminishing loins and headed squeakily back to bed with my wandersome companion.2010, John Fee, The Anaemic Leukaemic

Examples of wandersome in a sentence

  • If the patient is hyperactive and wandersome, then the intravenous route may be hazardous, and prolonged one-to-one attention to get medication and fluids delivered is probably the best choice.2013, Tom Dening, Alan Thomas, Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry:
  • It was most unusual to have her strong, restless, wandersome father ensconced at home even if it was only temporarily.2013, Lynny Harris, Midbar I:

Forms of wandersome

comparativemore wandersome
superlativemost wandersome

Origin of wandersome

From wander + -some.

Questions about wandersome

What does wandersome mean?
Wandersome means characterised or marked by wandering.
How do you use wandersome in a sentence?
If the patient is hyperactive and wandersome, then the intravenous route may be hazardous, and prolonged one-to-one attention to get medication and fluids delivered is probably the best choice.
What part of speech is wandersome?
Wandersome is an adjective.

Words near wandersome in the dictionary

  1. wanderows
  2. wanders
  3. wanders off
  4. Wandersee
  5. Wandersees
  6. wandersome
  7. wanderstar
  8. wanderstars
  9. wanderu
  10. wanderword
  11. wanderwords

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