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tinklesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From tinkle + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by tinkling
   • All verse should be tinklesome and vague, and so written that it cannot offend any known or possible variety of fool who can raise the price of a magazine. 1910, The International, volumes 3-4:
   • As his mood was, Mozart would be dismissed as entirely tinklesome, or pæaned as utterly celestial. 1930, James Agate, Gemel in London:

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