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hurrisome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɜːɹisəm/ hurry–furry merger
• /ˈhʌɹisəm/

Etymology

From hurry + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by hurrying; quick; hasty.
   • The murderer of Marcia's husband stripped off rubber gloves, thrust gloves and envelope deeply away, then fled in a stroll northward toward an exit different from the place of entry ... to a hurrisome eye just another foolhardy New Yorker defying the statistics of Central Park's nighttime crime. 2015, Ellery Queen, The Last Woman in His Life:
   • Levashev shrugged; the shrug said that Americans were a hurrisome people. 2015, Ellery Queen, Guess Who's Coming to Kill You?:
   • Although the brisket was excellent, Elbert seemed a tad hurrisome to conclude the meal so she would stop talking. 2013, Eric Gene Crider, Wisp:
   • Don't be hurrisome or you'll pay for it with a broken head. 2009, James G. Anderson, Mark Sebanc, The Stoneholding:

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