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wordsome

wordsome adjective: characterised or marked by words.

Adjective

wordsome (comparative more wordsome, superlative most wordsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by words
    • In possibly the most succinct capsulization of his wordsome gospel, Mishan declared recently: "I am not one of those who believe that the original Luddites were wholly wrong."1971, The New York Times Biographical Service, volume 2, page 4331
    • There are, of course numerous cases to be found in SCCL that are not included in this volume. Using such the black letter law helped to make the volume less “wordsome” (burdensome).1997, Duane R. Nedrud, The Supreme Court and the Law of Criminal Investigation, III

Forms of wordsome

comparativemore wordsome
superlativemost wordsome

Origin of wordsome

From word + -some.

Questions about wordsome

What does wordsome mean?
Wordsome means characterised or marked by words.
What part of speech is wordsome?
Wordsome is an adjective.

Words near wordsome in the dictionary

  1. wordsmith
  2. wordsmithed
  3. wordsmithery
  4. wordsmithing
  5. wordsmiths
  6. wordsome
  7. wordster
  8. wordsters
  9. wordstock
  10. wordstocks
  11. wordstring

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