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hardsome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī) Old English heard Middle English hard English hard 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 hardsome From hard + -some.

Meanings

  1. Characterised by hardness; stern; severe; difficult.
    • Her daily life is very hardsome and full of continuous labour. 1992, Bhanu Pratap Chaurasia, Women's Status in India: Policies and Programmes:
    • Mere grimness is as easy as grinning; but it requires something to put a hardsome face on a story. 1854, Leigh Hunt, Essays and Miscellanies:

Forms

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most hardsome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more hardsome Degree=Cmp lexicographic