Meanings
comparative more anxom · superlative most anxom · alternative anksome · alternative angsome
- Northern EnglandUKdialectalAnxious.
Origin
- Middle Englishange“vexation, trouble, pain”
- Englishanxom
From anx- (“anxious”) + -some. Alternatively from Middle English ange (“vexation, trouble, pain”) + -some.
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anxom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anxom
“anxom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anxom. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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