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bettersome

adj

Etymology

From better + -some.

  1. inherited from *batizô✻
  2. inherited from *batiʀō✻
  3. inherited from betera
  4. inherited from better
  5. suffixed as bettersome — “better + -some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by betterness

    Characterised or marked by betterness; finer; superior; improved.

    • "[…] but my friends, there's a speretil and bettersome idee: —one penny is the law, and tother's the gospel."
    • Land, and a bettersome sort of room with a bed in it on the right.

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