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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

bumblesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From bumble + -some.

Meanings

  1. Characterised or marked by bumbling.
    • Her first name was Earmalinda, which when connected with the Babcock last name was a bumblesome mouthful that brought smiles to most people who heard it. 2015, Douglas Atwill, Husband Memory Pickles:
    • By contrast, although the bumblesome act of texting while walking—so often a means of making other pedestrians glumpy— would seem an even better spur for some sort of blended verb, attempts to push walkxting and pedexting have utterly failed; [...] 2016, Rebecca Gowers, Horrible Words:

Forms

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more bumblesome Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most bumblesome Degree=Sup lexicographic