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- Scots · borrowed fromstawsum
- English todaystawsome
From Scots stawsum, from staw, sta, staa, stau (“stall”) + -sum. Equivalent to English stall + -some.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
stawsome
Today it means: Disgusting, repugnant to the taste or appetite; sickening. Full definition →
Scots stawsum