twigsome en · ADJ
Etymology
From twig + -some.
Meanings
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Full of twigs; twiggy.
[T]he twigsome trees by the wayside (which, I suppose, never will grow leafy, for they never did) guarded here and there by a dusty soldier, […]
1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, “Travelling Abroad”, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC, pages 91–92:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more twigsome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most twigsome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |