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swearsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From swear + -some.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) Characterised or marked by swearing
   • Depth not too great — say 6 to 10 fathoms — and bottom a swearsome one. 1967, Thomas Welsby, Andrew Kilpatrick Thomson, The Collected Works of Thomas Welsby - Volume 1:
   • He must have been a rather swearsome hero while the flies and dust lasted. 1918, Ethel Turner, Bertram Stevens, The Australian Soldiers' Gift Book:

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