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bleaksome en · ADJ

Etymology

From bleak + -some.

Meanings

1. (rare) Characterised or marked by bleakness; bleak
   • He heedeth not the bleaksome air /Whilst to his work he doth repair; [...] 1842, George King Matthews, Poems: to which is added, Belmont house, a play:
   • No student will be seen, / White-coated, fresh and green, / Trampling those bleaksome steps with groanings loud. 1901, St. Mary's Hospital Gazette
   • A bleaksome'n'dark choice to settle, Zachry, she replied. 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:

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