Dictionary

bubblesome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbʌbəlsəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree English bubble Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English bubblesome From bubble + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised by bubbles, bubbling, or bubbliness.
   • Once he'd had his wicked way with her bubblesome derriere atop the desk and his booted feet on the rug, Miss Bubbles shyly confessed she'd been saving another treat for him and suggested he haul down his tweed pants a mite more and [...] 2001, Tabor Evans, Longarm 270: Longarm and the Lady Bandit:
   • "Whither away, boys?" he asked; in his usual bubblesome manner. 2014, John Kendrick Bangs, The Booming of Acre Hill:
   • This air's like champagne, dry and bubblesome. 2016, The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017: Special Anniversary Edition:
   • Nay, hush thee, hush! and listen to yon blithesome, bubblesome, babbling brook how it sigheth 'mid the willows, whispereth under reedy bank and laugheth, rogue-like, in the shallows! 2015, Jeffery Farnol, The Geste of Duke Jocelyn:
   • Let us retreat, for the tired brook has ceased its song; And the bubblesome springs are drained of their copious weeping; And their cautious old hills have stored away their colourful garments. 1906, Kahlil Gibran, The Life of Love:

Forms

Synonyms

bubbly · fizzy · abubble