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treatsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From treat + -some.

Meanings

  1. Characterised or marked by treats; like a treat
    • After a big Sunday lunch, or a treatsome supper, I tend to serve a couple of large hunks of cheese on a board before pudding, along with crackers and a green salad (on the same plate, very French, saves on washing up). 2012, Joanna Weinberg, Cooking for Real Life:
    • Not one of the great comedies — and far too long at two hours for any comedy — '10' gets my vote as the most painless and treatsome afternoon I have spent at the movies in quite a time. 1979, Films and Filming, volume 26:

Forms

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more treatsome Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most treatsome Degree=Sup lexicographic