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shamesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From shame + -some.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, dialectal) Deserving of shame; shameful.
   • 'And look where it's got you,' said Grumpa. 'Living next door to peeples! It's shamesome. […] 2011, Alan MacDonald, Goat Pie:
   • "Phew!" he thought, "it's all a notion of ye, man, and a shamesome notion. […]" 1908, The Irish Monthly, volume 36, page 157:
2. (nonce-word) An appropriate level of shame.
   • The premise was that too little shame is just as bad as too much shame, but there is a happy medium, which he termed “shamesome”. 2016, Vanessa Upton, Review: Ken Cheng, Chinese Comedian:

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