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tempersome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛmpəsəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɛmpɚsəm/ (US)

Etymology

From temper + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by a temper; bad-tempered; temperamental; hotheaded; moody.
   • Virginia did not recover until early September, when she wrote that she was still cross and “tempersome”. 2016, Gordon Claridge, Ruth Pryor, Gwen Watkins, Sounds from the Bell Jar:
   • And now that it is so tempersome and cold you are always going out into the nastiness and getting wet or frozen every day. 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:

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