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weathersome

weathersome adjective: characterised or marked by weathering; weathered.

Adjective

weathersome (comparative more weathersome, superlative most weathersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by weathering; weathered
    • "I veow !" said old Abe, shaking himself like a great water-dog, “ of this a'n't about the most weathersome weather I ever see! I ha'n't ben only jest outside the bar, an' my jib's as stifl' as a tin pan, and the old fo'sail took an' cracked fore an' aft afore I could get her head on so's to run in.1861, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 23
    • Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days.1906, Halliwell Sutcliffe, A Benedick in Arcady

Forms of weathersome

comparativemore weathersome
superlativemost weathersome

Origin of weathersome

From weather + -some.

Questions about weathersome

What does weathersome mean?
Weathersome means characterised or marked by weathering; weathered.
What part of speech is weathersome?
Weathersome is an adjective.

Words near weathersome in the dictionary

  1. weathers out
  2. weathers the storm
  3. Weathersby
  4. Weathersbys
  5. Weathersfield
  6. weathersome
  7. weatherspeak
  8. Weatherspoon
  9. Weatherspoons
  10. weatherstrip
  11. weatherstripped

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