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endsome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos Proto-Germanic *andijaz Proto-West Germanic *andī Old English ende Middle English ende English end Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English endsome From end + -some.

Meanings

1. (poetic) Pertaining to, indicating, or characterising the end; endly; terminal.
   • His massive 'The Aldridge-Grainger-Ström Saga', written in 1933–34 while aboard a sailing boat between Europe and Australia, was intended as a gathering of recollections 'before beginning the real end-some [final] form of the book telling the life-story of his mother, himself, his friends, his art, his business- paths',4 but that 'end-some form' eluded him. 2006, Malcolm Gillies, David Pear, Mark Carroll, Self-Portrait of Percy Grainger:
   • I was so naughty, drivin a gold Audi All we did was throw parties And show up with Gold Gotti Handsome, endsome, I'm the one you ran from […] 1999, Dr. Dre, 2001: Xxplosive:
   • [...] around such night flight the truth flow resides, the jarring notion of endsome furtherance, the man of God, you regret, you reflect, and surrender in your head, your mind, your understanding dance; dancing lightly upon these words wonders [...] 2012, David Marx, The Salvation Shuffle:

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