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waddlesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From waddle + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised by a waddling gait.
   • Thru-hiking the AT, he wrote in the opening pages of the ensuing book, would get me fit after years of waddlesome sloth. 2021, Philip D'Anieri, The Appalachian Trail: A Biography, page 199:
   • I was angry with my bubble-brained antics and my waddlesome sloth, with my guides, with the thunder, with this stupid maze of rocks. 2001, The Way of the Wanderer: Discover Your True Self Through Travel:
   • Beholding his waddlesome approach out of the tail of her eye, the white animal would whinny a dignified and conservative welcome. 2021, Irvin S. Cobb, Old Judge Priest:

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