wiresome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by wire or wires; wiry.

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Meanings

adjectivewiresome (comparative more wiresome, superlative most wiresome)

comparative more wiresome · superlative most wiresome

  1. Characterised or marked by wire or wires; wiry.

    I was hiresome, hick and hasteful / You were wiresome, wick and wasteful [...]

    1987, Frank Luger, Herzenblut
    1 more example

    By forest fountains hast thou seen / The wiresome, fairy sight, / Where banks are clad in mosses green, / Some dark, and some so bright?

    1857, Friends' Intelligencer, volume 13

Origin

From wire + -some.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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