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dronesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From drone + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by droning.
   • “It was that dronesome prefect, Williams-May. I got off lightly, actually. Thorpe was caught doing the same thing last night and got caned before breakfast.” 2007, Eva Rice, The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets:
   • In hindsight, Frida's late-Sixties recordings have aged better than many of the oompah schlagers and dronesome ballads that were major hits around this time. 2014, Carl Magnus Palm, Abba: Bright Lights Dark Shadows:
   • From a cobweb-shrouded gaggle of dronesome mapmakers, the Department has been transformed and enlarged into a network of spies, all answering directly to Mrs. Fletcher as they comb all of England's cities and countryside. 2013, K. W. Jeter, Fiendish Schemes:

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