danksome en · ADJ
Etymology
From dank + -some.
Meanings
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Characterised or marked by dankness.
“[...] Go where there is moving air, we must—even in these dank-some caves there must be such a place, methinks.”
2006, Tad Williams, Shadowmarch:“Were a night like now,” he eventually mumbled. “But late in the year. The forest nigh had gotten danksome and groolier.
2013, Robin Jarvis, Dark Waters of Hagwood:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more danksome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| dank-some | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most danksome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |