Meanings
comparative more weathersome · superlative most weathersome
- 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 Arcady2 more examples
"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 23A 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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weathersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weathersome
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