Meanings
comparative more tinklesome · superlative most tinklesome
- Characterised or marked by tinkling
As his mood was, Mozart would be dismissed as entirely tinklesome, or pæaned as utterly celestial.
1930, James Agate, Gemel in London1 more example
All verse should be tinklesome and vague, and so written that it cannot offend any known or possible variety of fool who can raise the price of a magazine.
1910, The International, volumes 3-4
Origin
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