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wigglesome

Syllables: wig·gle·some/ˈwɪɡl̩səm//ˈwɪɡ(ə)lˌsəm/

wigglesome adjective: characterized or marked by wiggling.

Adjective

wigglesome (comparative more wigglesome, superlative most wigglesome)

  1. (informal) Characterized or marked by wiggling.
    • "She's as wigglesome and unsettled as ever a sailor on land, or a fish out of the sea," said Granny, […]1866 August, “Little Gooseberry; or, The Book that Brought Bags of Gold”, in The Tract Magazine and Christian Miscellany, London: The Religious Tract Society […], →OCLC, page 201
    • No 'm; Baby Palmer 's so squirmy and wigglesome!1882, Sophie May [pseudonym; Rebecca Sophia Clarke], “Flaxie Stays to Tea”, in William T[aylor] Adams, editor, Our Little Ones: Illustrated Stories and Poems for Little People, London: Griffith and...
    Synonyms:
    squirmy, wiggly

Examples of wigglesome in a sentence

  • Of course I helped you, you wigglesome clunker!1947–1948, Edward E[lmer] Smith, “Constance Out-Worsels Worsel”, in Children of the Lens (FP Science Fiction), Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press...
  • “Grander scale?” he repeated, this time allowing that wigglesome eyebrow to rise.2016 November, David Weber, chapter 6, in Shadow of Victory, Riverdale, New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 63:

Synonyms of wigglesome

Forms of wigglesome

comparativemore wigglesome
superlativemost wigglesome

Origin of wigglesome

From wiggle + -some (suffix denoting things characterized by specific conditions or qualities, usually to a considerable degree).

Questions about wigglesome

What does wigglesome mean?
Wigglesome means characterized or marked by wiggling.
How do you use wigglesome in a sentence?
Of course I helped you, you wigglesome clunker!
What part of speech is wigglesome?
Wigglesome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wigglesome?
Wigglesome is pronounced /ˈwɪɡl̩səm/ (UK).

Words near wigglesome in the dictionary

  1. wiggled out of
  2. wiggler
  3. wigglers
  4. wiggles
  5. wiggles out of
  6. wigglesome
  7. Wigglesworth
  8. Wigglesworthian
  9. Wigglesworths
  10. wigglier
  11. wiggliest

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