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rebelsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From rebel + -some.

Meanings

1. Characteristic of a rebel; marked by rebellion or rebelliousness
   • "[...] The varmint know the valy of their lives, and 'tis that makes 'em so malignant and rebelsome." 1836, Frances Milton Trollope, The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw:
   • The depredations of the age and its lack of discipline, the ill work of the rebelsome drunken youth was made good again as each stone was fitted roughly where it had gone before. 2010, Alan Richardson, On Winsley Hill:

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