weathersome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by weathering; weathered

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveweathersome (comparative more weathersome, superlative most weathersome)

comparative more weathersome · superlative most weathersome

  1. Characterised or marked by weathering; weathered

    Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days.

    1906, Halliwell Sutcliffe, A Benedick in Arcady
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    "I veow !" said old Abe, shaking himself like a great water-dog, “ of this a'n't about the most weathersome weather I ever see! I ha'n't ben only jest outside the bar, an' my jib's as stifl' as a tin pan, and the old fo'sail took an' cracked fore an' aft afore I could get her head on so's to run in.

    1861, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 23

    A long, weathersome road it's been, and sore paw pads. It happened because—there is no telling why it happened, really.

    2012, Nancy Springer, The Scent of an Angel

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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