throbsome

comparative more throbsome · superlative most throbsome

1. Characterised or marked by throbbing.

   I had a cement bottom put in the cellar and shortly after we missed our throbsome, winsome neuter pronoun.

   1896, F. Martin Townsend, Assorted Colours: Studies of Character in Town and Country, page 86

   2 more examples

   Hear the church bells' throbsome chiming, Hear the one word they repeat— Hear the voice of Nature rhyming With my heart-song—"Marguerite!"

   1888, Robert Overton, '20', A Volume of Story and Song, page 118

   I long to write decadent things, And once I boldly tried Some throbsome verse about a hearse, When little sister died.

   1894, The Cornell Widow, volume 1, page 3