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bantersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From banter + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by banter
   • He was less bantersome by the weekend, threatening after one burst of shouts to hold Tonahill in contempt. 1964, Newsweek, volume 63, page 19:
   • At that time, Saro-Wiwa was locked in a critical and somewhat bantersome exchange with fellow writer and critic, Odia Ofeimun. 1998, Abdul Rasheed Naʼallah, Ogoni's Agonies, page 187:

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