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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

weirdsome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwɪədsəm/

Etymology

From weird + -some.

Meanings

  1. Marked by weirdness; strange; mysterious.
    • And all its light loomed green / As a witch-flame's weirdsome sheen 18??, Thomas Hardy, Once at Swanage
    • Mein Gott, what a weirdsome sight. 2011, Michael Stephens, Madness is Catching:
    • “Mooom,” he shouted, as he got up from his yogic wheelbarrow pose, his weirdsome mouth jetting through the air as he jumped up into an exclamation of delight [...] 2016, Carrie Chang, Fork and Spoon:
    • And endless with nothing but rocky specks and suns, / In everlasting chaos set in motion by someone Who has forgotten why it was set up this weirdsome way, / And ponders on the depth of it as eternal comets play, [...] 2014, Mr Thomas McManus, Brief Moment:

Forms

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most weirdsome Degree=Sup lexicographic
more weirdsome Degree=Cmp lexicographic