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floatsome en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

See flotsam.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, dialectal, uncountable) Alternative form of flotsam.
   alt of flotsam
   • Flotsam is “floatsome,” cargo or wreckage found floating on the surface of the ocean or goods seen to float up from the hull of a wrecked ship. 2010, Bill Casselman, Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik:

floatsome en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From float + -some.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, poetic, rare) Characterised or marked by floating; (by extension) temporary; transitory
   • Currents and awesome wind with floatsome foam and dreg clinging dog paddle through mountainous seas toward safety of shore. 2012, Garrison Clifford Gibson, Temporal Cross Currents:
   • The President that we have in King's place, is just a figurehead without power, the so called minister is floatsome and he (a few exceptions) waits for crumbs to fall from the party leadership. He has no permanency of tenure in government. 2002, D.V. Gundappa, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

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