tanglesome en · ADJ
Etymology
From tangle + -some.
Meanings
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Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.
It is not to tease you, and hurt you, my sweet, / But only for kindness and care, / That I wash you and dress you, and make you look neat, / And comb out your tanglesome hair.
1850, Edward Livermore, Phebe, The Blackberry Girl:
- (UK, dialectal) Quarrelsome.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most tanglesome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more tanglesome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |