floatsome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by floating; (by extension) temporary; transitory

Scrabble 14

Meanings

floatsome1

nounfloatsome (uncountable)
  1. alternativedialectaluncountableAlternative form of flotsam.

    Flotsam is “floatsome,” cargo or wreckage found floating on the surface of the ocean or goods seen to float up from the hull of a wrecked ship.

    2010, Bill Casselman, Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik

floatsome2

adjectivefloatsome (comparative more floatsome, superlative most floatsome)

comparative more floatsome · superlative most floatsome

  1. nonstandardpoeticrareCharacterised or marked by floating; (by extension) temporary; transitory

    Currents and awesome wind with floatsome foam and dreg clinging dog paddle through mountainous seas toward safety of shore.

    2012, Garrison Clifford Gibson, Temporal Cross Currents
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    The President that we have in King's place, is just a figurehead without power, the so called minister is floatsome and he (a few exceptions) waits for crumbs to fall from the party leadership. He has no permanency of tenure in government.

    2002, D.V. Gundappa, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

floatsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floatsome

MLA

“floatsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floatsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floatsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floatsome.

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