arguesome

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English arguesome From argue + -some.

  1. derived from arguere
  2. derived from arguer
  3. inherited from arguen
  4. suffixed as arguesome — “argue + some

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by arguing

    Characterised or marked by arguing; contentious

    • “Woodrow, you're the most arguesome person I've ever met,” Augustus said.
    • Ladies complained of the men's arguesome natures, stating they were relatively certain that grizzly bears had better dispositions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for arguesome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA