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slandersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From slander + -some.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, informal) Characterised or marked by slander.
   • I hope Dell Thompson won't find it out, for she's awful slandersome; but,” she added, coming to the gate, and speaking in a whisper, “I'm glad on't, and mebby she'll draw in her horns, […] 1857, Mary Jane Holmes, Meadow-Brook:
   • “You're a slandersome rascal, an' I'll no stand to ca' quarrels wi you; I tell you, sir, you're potchin'an' trespassin' upo' my property, whare you've nae right to set a fit without my leave.” 1823, The Foundling of G., Or the Smugglers' Cave:
   • In course it air ter yer credit ye kin be ez good ez ter keep yer hands off'n the critter when he air so aboosive to yer face an' so slandersome ter yer back. 1887, John Alexander Steuart, A millionaire's daughters:

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