politesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by politeness.

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Meanings

adjectivepolitesome (comparative more politesome, superlative most politesome)

comparative more politesome · superlative most politesome

  1. rareCharacterised or marked by politeness.

    Ralph Broadcast, don't you be always worrying and taunting about the child's learning ; it costs you nothing. Mr. Templeton, heaven bless him ! pays for it ; aud I'm sure George grows quite politesome and mannerly.

    1827, George Daniel, Cumberland's British Theatre
adverbpolitesome (comparative more politesome, superlative most politesome)

comparative more politesome · superlative most politesome

  1. colloquialIn a politesome manner; politely.
    1 more example

    See you got fresh comp'ny, she said politesome, but there was a furyin' dingo bitch in her eyes. […] They bartered fair an' never spoke knuckly like savages at Honokaa, but politesome speakin' it draws a line b'tween you what says, I respect you well 'nuff but you an' I ain't kin, so don't you step over this line, yay?"

    2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 259

Origin

From polite + -some.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pleosomite
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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