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hellsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From hell + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked by hell or hellishness
   • At last he said, " As I'm the darned idiot that's going to sottle on these two hellsome ranches to please you, and as you're the gaudy spark wot's clarin' west to hide your sorrer in the busy hants of men, I guess the actual cause of your pal's death ain't no funeral o' mine. 1903, William Reginald Hodder, The Doubling of Joseph Brereton:
   • Ab'nisha, the leader of the hellsome pack, knew this bindi. 2014, Armani Mondragón, Evolving:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more hellsome	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most hellsome	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
hell-some		alternative	lexicographic

hellsome en · ADV

Etymology

From hell + -some.

Meanings

1. (informal, nonstandard) In a hellsome manner; hellishly
   • Like an awful alligator / Breathing fire and screeching hell-some, / With a pack of hounds. 2015, Charles Godfrey Leland, Songs of the Sea and Lays of the Land:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
hell-some		alternative	lexicographic
most hellsome	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more hellsome	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic