teasesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by teasing

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveteasesome (comparative more teasesome, superlative most teasesome)

comparative more teasesome · superlative most teasesome

  1. rareCharacterised or marked by teasing

    Not that they were a bad-hearted crowd, only teasesome, and delightin' to keep any one harassed if they could.

    1916, The Westminster, volume 29, page 25
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    […] under proper control and with an intelligent system of recess-and-noon-period-recreation the child can have uncounted good times, while with too stern a discipline or too lax a facile subjection of the teasesome and bully types and too little attention to promoting harmonious play, the grade school years may be made an unpleasant period of life.

    1918, School & Society, volume 7, page 230

Origin

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

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Chicago

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