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cloysome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • kloi'səm
  • /ˈklɔɪsəm/

Etymology

From cloy + -some.

Meanings

  1. Cloying.
    • Feasts, banquets, revels, dancings, masks and turneys, rejoyce them that but seldome see them, and that have much desired to see them: the taste of which becommeth cloysome and unpleasing to those that daily see, and ordinarily have them […]. , I.42

Forms

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most cloysome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cloysome Degree=Cmp lexicographic