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lurksome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English lurk 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 lurksome From lurk + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by lurking; lurky
   • Next she fetched the large stone mortar where it hunkered down all lurksome in Darkhouse. 2014, Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things:
   • Shrink not in fear of lurksome difficulties or disturbances. 1918, Coal and Coal Trade Journal
   • Whereas, The strong and lurksome hand of death has again entered the home of one of our members and taken from it our beloved brother and treasurer, [...] 1914, Typographical Journal, volume 44:

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