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cornersome

adj

Etymology

From corner + -some.

  1. derived from cornua
  2. derived from *corna✻ — “horn”
  3. derived from corne — “corner, angle”
  4. derived from cornere
  5. inherited from corner
  6. formed as cornersome — “corner + -some”

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by (having) corners

    • The road is cornersome, but much easier to find than one would imagine from the map.
    • For one man's virtues may be in such a crude and cornersome stage of development that they will offend more than the refined faults of another man.
    • It is cornersome, but goodly; intricate, but interesting, and worth the learning.

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