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deathsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From death + -some.

Meanings

1. Having the characteristic of death; alluding to or suggesting death.
   • But I'm lying as I be / Under a deathsome tree 2016, Jack Kerouac, Scattered Poems:
   • The Monongahela Valley in western Pennsylvania was a wild and deathsome place when I entered the world in 1782. 2007, Broos Campbell, The War of Knives:
   • He was just Calvin's type, Terry knew: skinny bones and deathsome pallor, but spiced up with a smartass twist to his lips. 1994, Poppy Z. Brite, Drawing Blood:

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