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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

truthsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From truth + -some.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Marked by truth; actual; truthful
    • He would see himself the image of the ageless one as, athwart and abrazened, the tally-caster coast of crimson breeze bespoke its truthsome squeal. 2003, J. B. Miller, The Satanic Nurses:
    • Hallucinations of the insane involve loss of insight while in 'visions' insight is maintained while the sensory phenomena remain just as vivid and 'truthsome'. 2000, Andrew Hodgkiss, From Lesion to Metaphor:
    • You lose regard for the truthsome fact / And 'scape the provisions of the Volstead Act. 1922, Harry Franklin Harrington, Writing for Print, page 119:
    • Inara, I ain't looking for anything from you. I'm just feeling kind of truthsome right now. 2002, Heart of Gold, Firefly, episode:

Forms

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most truthsome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more truthsome Degree=Cmp lexicographic

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