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wiresome

wiresome adjective: characterised or marked by wire or wires; wiry.

Adjective

wiresome (comparative more wiresome, superlative most wiresome)

  1. Characterised or marked by wire or wires; wiry.
    • By forest fountains hast thou seen / The wiresome, fairy sight, / Where banks are clad in mosses green, / Some dark, and some so bright?1857, Friends' Intelligencer, volume 13
    • I was hiresome, hick and hasteful / You were wiresome, wick and wasteful [...]1987, Frank Luger, Herzenblut

Forms of wiresome

comparativemore wiresome
superlativemost wiresome

Origin of wiresome

From wire + -some.

Questions about wiresome

What does wiresome mean?
Wiresome means characterised or marked by wire or wires; wiry.
What part of speech is wiresome?
Wiresome is an adjective.

Words near wiresome in the dictionary

  1. wires off
  2. wirescape
  3. wirescapes
  4. wiresmith
  5. wiresmiths
  6. wiresome
  7. wirestem
  8. wiretail
  9. wiretails
  10. wiretap
  11. wiretapped

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