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bloatsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From bloat + -some.

Meanings

  1. Characterised or marked by bloating
    • What can I wear under these bloatsome circumstances that will be festive and fun, sexy and sharp but won't push down on Pearl's gift to my system? A nightshirt. 2011, Fran Lebowitz, Tales From A Broad: An Unreliable Memoir:
    • Would that I had never inherited that bloatsome and lugubrious legacy. 2013, Mark McLaughlin, Best Little Witch-House in Arkham:

Forms

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most bloatsome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more bloatsome Degree=Cmp lexicographic